On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 01:41:45PM -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>
> We would love to be able to lift our dinghy (about 300 lbs) up onto our
> poop deck and lash it down for offshore passages but we don't have the
> necessary gear.
>
> We have side davits for use at anchor but the dink is so close to the water
> there it will be struck by seas when underway so then we tow the dink
> behind us on two lines, one to each stern quarter. We remove all loose
> gear, tilt the motor up, and tow it fairly close, about ten feet from the
> boat. We have had no problems doing this for about 36,000 miles but I do
> feel somewhat uncomfortable doing so and would rather have it stowed on
> deck.
Norm, how do you prevent your dinghy from running up on your stern?
"Ulysses" isn't big enough to stow "Penelope" aboard (yes, that's the
dinghy's name :), so I tow her by the bow eye but with a safety line to
each of the stern quarters, and she inevitably surfs down the waves and
slams into the stern if the lines are too short. It usually requires
right around 100' to prevent that, which doesn't bring me a whole lot of
joy - that's a bunch of line aft, and too near the prop for my taste.
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