Kerry, Just a couple of other thoughts about dinghy placement. I have seen them on the bow, stern upright and stern parallel to the water. Two considerations not mentioned:
1) in a large following sea, any dinghy placement on the stern can be problematic. I have seen a number of davits/dinghys torn off by a big following wave. If you can avoid these waters your OK. 2) Make sure you can get the dinghy off in the event of a sinking by the stern. I met a family the day after they lost their new 50' boat on 10' seas in the Straights of Georgia. The boat took on water and the skipper had a devil of a time getting his dinghy off. Fortunately he did, and saved his family of 4 just in time. I personally have a fairly heavy hard bottom hung on the stern with a Seawise hydraulic lift. No way could I get that off in an emergency so I bought a throw-able self inflating life raft (not cheap unfortunately) Hearing that guys panicked voice on the VHF mayday call made me more careful. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
