Ah, thanks Phil, this is a great solution. Unfortunately I don't have a whisker pole (we fly the asym downwind), but this might be a good excuse to look into it. I heaved the dink up on the foredeck the other day and it worked well, even without the pole.
It's a little tight up there though, can't really get to the anchor locker so I may have to deflate one of the compartments, but I think is the best solution so far. We'll give it a try in a few weeks and see how it goes. Thanks everyone! --- In [email protected], "Phil Agur" <pja...@...> wrote: > > The pole end http://www.catalina27.org/wingtip/mastsys/poleend4.jpg > > > > > > Phil Agur > <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> s/v Wing Tip > C270 LE #184 MMSI 366901790 > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil > Agur > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [IC27A] Re: Dinghy > > > > > > 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 > <http://www.catalina27.org/public_pages/profile270.htm> 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] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> , Derek Atkin > <atkin11j@> 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: "captaindah@" <captaindah@> > > To: [email protected] <mailto:IC27A%40yahoogroups.com> > > 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 > > > > > > > > >
