We lucked out in finding an alternative to davits or conventional towing. We loved the ability to use a DINGHY-Tow device. www.dinghy-tow.com Its patented by a Canadian inventor.
It has been proved in trans-oceans towing and your dinghy is always ready for use without the danger of either towing or davits. Almost all types of boats have used the device, which tows your dingy stern first and holds the stern up and just off the stern of your towing boat. The dinghy ends up being towed so that the dinghy's stern is the hinge and it is raised so that a 45 degree angle is made to the nose, which bobs in the wake and does not take on water. In actual practice it is one of the fasted and easiest ways to tow we have ever seen or used. We only stopped using it when we began to lift our dinghy on deck when cruising in Venezuelan waters to keep thieves from stealing it. Ed & Sue Kelly aboard USSV Angel Louise Lying Gloucester, MA (now at Browns Dock getting engine work finished) You can see map and travel progress at http://tinyurl.com/EdandSue On Aug 25, 2010, at 1:41 PM, [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 S/V Bandersnatch Lying Gloucester MA > > The very first thing we did after we got the boat was to get dinghy > davits for it. The last 12 years have showed me that even just in > coastal cruising, a towed dinghy is a hazard. > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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
