On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 03:07:49PM -0400, spetri wrote:
> I've had very good luck using a nylon webbing towing bridle, I bought on
> eBay, and letting the dingy ride on the back of the first or second stern
> wave.
Oh, I have no trouble doing that when the seas aren't from astern;
that's why I like having that 75-80' of line between the stern and the
dinghy (makes it easy to adjust for the right tow distance.) It's the
fact that there's an exception that breaks the whole system that bugs
me.
> I use our Lifesling lifting tackle to hoist both the boat and motor. We
> attach the lifting tackle to a spinnaker halyard or the topping lift to
> hoist the dinghy on and off the bow. I attach the beaner to the bow ring
> and raise or lower it that way. For the motor we strap the lifting tackle
> off the end of boom which lets me crane the motor out over the side of
> Witchcraft and have a nice, secure and controlled hoisting event.
Yeah, I use my mizzen boom in the same way. It's a little bit of a
hassle unless the water is calm, but I can usually flip the mizzen block
and sheet end for end, attach it to the outboard, and yank it right up
to the stern rail in about 10 minutes total. Nice and easy.
> No
> worries about wakes making the dingy move and my losing my balance and
> dropping the motor and the skeg of the motor then puncturing the inflatable
> just before it breaks a limb and then continues on, bouncing out of the boat
> and into the briny deep. (No it hasn't, but I have a good imagination)
No-no. A *good* imagination would have have it punching a hole in the
inflatable, bouncing up and punching a hole in your stern, and *then*
falling on top of you to keep you pinned in the dinghy, screaming, as it
slowly sinks under you. You'll _never_ become a plot writer for
Hollywood... :)
> We also invested in an electric inflator/deflator so we are more inclined to
> deflate the boat the stow it away when we're going any distance and need to
> make good time or if the weather is poor.
I'm curious: what brand did you get? The ones that West Marine offers
didn't seem to work worth diddley. The average inflatable is supposed to
be inflated to 3.5psi or so - my buddy in the inflatable repair business
tells me that underinflation wears out more dinghies than all the other
reasons combined - and that thing just couldn't get anywhere near that.
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