On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 11:50:44 -0400, you wrote: > >Even floating polypro can be sucked into a prop if one gives it a chance. >Don't ask me how I know.
:-} I guess I don't have to ask. >When offshore we tow the dinghy with two lines, one to each quarter and >fairly short about fifteen feet from the transom, but when are maneuvering >we shorten up considerably. > >We would love to carry it on deck but as yet have no way to pick it up. >Boat and motor are about 300 lbs. > We use the whisker pole on the mast as a crane to pick up stuff out of the water including the dinghy. We store the motor separately from the dinghy. But I know that a) you don't have a mast or a whisker pole and b) that your dinghy and motor are heavier than ours. >Our dinghy painter, floating polypro, that we use daily to tie to dinghy >docks (we add to it for towing) is just long enough to not quite reach the >dinghy prop. It used to be longer, but the dinghy prop taught me the >wisdom of it's current length. The PO stored the dinghy on the foredeck, but I can't see to or past the bow if it is there. It wouldn't matter offshore, but not a good idea in the ICW. > >Norm >S/V Bandersnatch >Lying Julington Creek >30 07.695N 081 38.484W > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Rosalie B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Date: 10/1/2008 7:57:13 AM >> Subject: [Liveaboard] Dinghy towing was Re: Dragon Lady,Ruff Times and >High Times >> >> >> > >> >Backing smartly away from the dock on a favorable wind, we >> >promptly wrapped the painter in the prop. Oops. >> >> Do people not use a painter that floats? I thought the reason for >> that was so that it didn't get into the prop. >> >> A towed dinghy can be a problem in other ways. We went into Hilton >> Head (only once because the tide was so great that we couldn't get out >> again until high tide) and one of the boats waiting to come in to a >> dock was towing their dinghy. The wake of a power boat pushed the >> dinghy under their swim step and punctured it. It could not be >> repaired. >> >> >> ___ > > >_______________________________________________ >Liveaboard mailing list >[email protected] >To adjust your membership settings over the web >http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard >To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > >To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > >The Mailman Users Guide can be found here >http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
