On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:49:58 -0400, you wrote: >Norm try using your boom as a crane... I am five three and weigh 124lbs.. >have a messed up shoulder from >falling during ernesto.. Or use your main halward... think outside the >box... >Garhauer makes a really great stern mounted crane.
Norm doesn't have a boat with sails (yet), so no boom. > >On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Norm of Bandersnatch < >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Even floating polypro can be sucked into a prop if one gives it a chance. >> Don't ask me how I know. >> >> 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. >> >> 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. >> >> >> Norm >> S/V Bandersnatch >> Lying Julington Creek >> 30 07.695N 081 38.484W _______________________________________________ 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
