I sure appreciate your 'engineer's' approach to solving problems
Phil. We usually tow our inflatable dinghy up close to the stern of
our Catalina 270 with a bridle. I pull the nose up high so only the
rear pontoon tubes and a bit of the rear floor are in the water.
This makes for reduced drag. I think I tested it with the knot meter
showing around a .1 knts drop, something I can live with. I usually
remove my 2.5 hp 4 cycle Susuki outboard and put it on the stern
rail. Last thing I need is for some power boat's wake to flip my
dinghy with the outboard on it!
If I expect heavy weather, I deflate the dink, put the cover on, and
stow it below. We also carry one, and sometimes two kayaks between
our shrouds and life lines. I made two kayak out board holders from
1" copper pipe for my Catalina 25 a number of years ago. The kayak
racks slip over the stanchions. This summer, I will borrow one set
for use on the Cat. 270 so we can move one kayak to the out board
rack when needing a clear deck to facilitate docking. Another trick
I have employed during rain, is to put the dink upside down on the
bow. This keeps it from filling with water and needing to get in an
pump the water out the next day. It also covers the front hatch so
it can be opened during rain to promote air circulation.
Another trick I employed with my Catalina 25, when towing my Fatty
Knees hard shell dink, was putting snap shackles at my bow pulpit so
I could release my forward life lines easily. This allowed me to
drop the life lines quickly, pull the dink up on the bow, and lash
it down while underway. I was younger then and stronger. Now, I
might need to use a lifting bridle and a halyard to help hoist it.
It's why I know prefer my kayak over the Fatty Knees, and use the
inflatable when visiting other boats or making a trip to shore for
supplies.
We leave June 15th for Desolation Sound and the Discovery Islands in
British Columbia. I will have a better idea of how the above
suggestions work when we are finished.
Cheers!
Herb Clark
[email protected]
Chico Yacht Club
s/v Imagine - Catalina 270
s/v Hotel Charlie - Catalina 25'
d/s Coyote - Coronado 15'
"Why sail a blow when I can tow?"
On Jun 2, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Phil Agur wrote:
A spinnaker halyard in good condition would be the same as the main
and you’d lift a main up the mast or hoist the engine and
transmission out with it. I didn’t double check but it’s a 1200 to
1500 lbs SWL line with an excess of a 4000 lbs breaking strength.
The tricky part is how do you make it so simple to raise that
you’ll tackle it ever time without question.
I would suggest a clip on 3 point bridle to a single ring. Then
attached to the ring I would clip on my man overboard 4:1 tackle
and attach it to the horse bit* looking device I use in hoisting
the mast. Then clip that in the whisker pole and lift with the
halyard. What this should do for you is give you a 12 foot arm to
reach out past the beam of the boat to the center of the dingy. How
far out you reach is controlled by the angle of the whisker pole.
We carry our vertical on the front of the mast so it’s always
there. That makes straight up 6 inches and out flat 12 feet. When
you start the lift you raise the pole tip and she’ll come inboard.
When the distance away from the mast is about 6 feet you swing it
aboard and lower with the 4:1 tackle and it should remain centered
in the foredeck. Unclip one of the bridle connections and it will
help you flip it.
Phil Agur s/v Wing Tip
C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790
*The horse bit device is just two vang bails with a bolt through
the center I latch in the spinnaker pole end so the pole only sees
a compression load and the vang bails carry the lifting force
around the pole fitting.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of mkeller23173
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 9:46 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [IC27A] Re: Dinghy
Thanks for the responses.
I think I will try heaving it up on the foredeck this afternoon
when I get out there. See if it fits when inflated.
How many pounds do you all think a spinnaker halyard is good to lift?
--- In [email protected], Derek Atkin <atkin...@...> wrote:
>
> Here is a shot of my Achilles on the foredeck.
>
> http://www.opus45.com/c27_pics/DSCN3827.jpg
>
> My plan was to get a sunbrella cover made for it - so that people
could sit/lay on it when not in use.
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "captain...@..." <captain...@...>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Wed, June 2, 2010 12:06:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [IC27A] Dinghy
>
>
> I travel with my dingy deflated and covered on the foredeck. When I
> arrive at an anchorage I inflate it and use my whisker pole to
crane it
> overboard. I toe it on short hops to new coves, but for longer
passages, I
> crane it aboard and overturn it on the foredeck.
>
> David Hoyt
> Sovereignty
> Catalina 27 #65
> ahsovereignty. com
>
> In a message dated 6/2/2010 7:01:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> mkel...@michaelkell er.org writes:
>
> >Hey folks,
> >
> >Looking for some creative dinghy transport solutions for
> > our C270. We sailed to Oxford, MD this weekend with our 7'6"
dinghy deflated
> > on deck. Once at anchor, I dragged it to the stern and blew it
up. It worked
> > ok, but was not the smoothest solution. And forget about
getting it back up on
> > deck (it sat forward of the companionway on the trip over) it's
too heavy to
> > heave back up there. So it ended up being deflated and not-so-
elegantly tied
> > to the stern, but that was roughly a 50 minute process
> >
> >I don't want to
> > drag it, my guess is we'll loose 1 to 1.5 knots. Don't
particularly want
> > davits as the boat budget has been blown on the autopilot this
year and I feel
> > that might be overkill for our 27 foot boat.
> >
> >I know there's only so
> > many ways to bring a dinghy with you, but aside from deflating
it or davits,
> > am I missing some creative solution?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Mike
> >C270 -
> > Detente - #313
> >
> >
>
