Reminds me of a related issue:
Friend of mine also lost his (brand new) dinghy in LI Sound last
summer. He called the Coast Guard, thinking if they found it they could
let him know. A day or two later they did call him back saying they
found it. When he went to pick it up they treated him l
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>> Jason Ainslie, Spirit
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>> 1984 C&C 35-3
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>> Bayfield, ON
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>> From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dan via
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>> Sent: May-11
Shield – and it towed even better. There is a cost,
>> however. Under sail, we estimated we gave up two knots of boat speed due to
>> the drag.
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>> Jason Ainslie, Spirit
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>> 1984 C&C 35-3
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>> Bayfield, ON
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11-18 1:00 PM
> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com
> *Cc:* Dan
> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List [EXTERNAL] Re: How do you tow your Dinghy and
> bring it aboard
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> Yikes... ok, that makes a lot of sense. I think I can do a bow-up towing
> method, espically with the reverse transo
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Subject: Re: Stus-List [EXTERNAL] Re: How do you tow your Dinghy and bring
it aboard
Yikes... ok, that makes a lot of sense. I think I can do a
I really hate towing a dinghy when sailing. I used to use the spinnaker halyard
to hoist our inflatable on to the foredeck but found it to be way easier to
just release the lifeline pelican hooks and just manhandle the thing onboard.
Chris Price
35 MkI Pradel
Black Hole Creek, MD
> On May 11
Yikes... ok, that makes a lot of sense. I think I can do a bow-up towing
method, espically with the reverse transom...I can probably get a painter
line to my toe rail as well where we have the same type (with the holes).
Lifting the dinghy vertically using a halyard also seems much more
practical
I have a 12 foot RIB. We tow it with a line fastened to the aft end of the port
toe rail. The 35 MK I has the rail with holes every few inches the length of
the boat.
The dinghy cannot be brought aboard, there is no place it could fit and it is
heavy.
Warning : Non-RIB inflatables may not tow w
