On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 10:30:40AM -0400, Flying Pig wrote:
> Ben, could you expand on angle of secured dinghy methods?
Sure, Skip; I'll just give my favorite method here; I like its
simplicity and minimal extra gear.
Assuming that you want the dinghy angled 45° or so, you'd measure its
width and calculate one side of the right triangle that you'd be
forming, where the width of the dinghy is the hypotenuse (damn, it's
been a mort of years. I actually had to stop and think about this...
right, that'll be sqrt(width^2/2), or about 2'10" for a 4'-wide dink.)
Anyway, at that height below your davit arms, mount a cleat (mind the
lead and where the tips are!) to each of your uprights, or on your
toerail if it's at the appropriate height. You'll also need a cleat near
the inboard end of each of the davit arms. Next, make up four pennants
in large-diameter soft-laid line or flat strap, with a shackle at one
end. That's it for the hardware.
To secure the dinghy, snap the pennant shackles into its lifting points;
if you have three points rather than four, then the single one gets two
pennants. Hoist the dinghy up to the level of the lower pair of cleats,
grab the pennants that are closest to the big boat's stern, heave them
up tight to the cleats, and secure them. Last, hoist the dinghy the rest
of the way, grab the remaining two pennants, heave them in toward the
inboard end of the davit arms, and cleat them off.
/Voila/, angled dinghy. Adjust the pennants and arrange anti-chafe to
taste, then stand back and admire your beautiful creation, "Still Life
with Davits". Don't forget the fancy pinxit. :)
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