Am curious if anyone has experience with using a Dinghy-Tow. This is the
device that allows you to tow a dinghy with it partially raised out of the
water. Am thinkingabout using it to reduce the drag of towing in the usual
manner.

Jerry

I've put a few thousand miles on mine behind my J/37. It works well. You get
much reduced (almost eliminated) drag from towing the dink and an easy way
to store and secure it. You can leave the engine on the dink in reasonable
conditions. In heavier conditions the engine needs to be off. I've used it
in some decent wind/wave conditions (West coast of Vancouver Island) and had
no problem.

Paul
www.jcruiser.org
"Gerald Atkin" wrote in message
...
Am curious if anyone has experience with using a Dinghy-Tow. This is the
device that allows you to tow a dinghy with it partially raised out of the
water. Am thinkingabout using it to reduce the drag of towing in the usual
manner.

Jerry

Could you please elaborate on the "dinghy tow" system, website would be great.

Thanks

John

Paul L wrote:

I've put a few thousand miles on mine behind my J/37. It works well. You get
much reduced (almost eliminated) drag from towing the dink and an easy way
to store and secure it. You can leave the engine on the dink in reasonable
conditions. In heavier conditions the engine needs to be off. I've used it
in some decent wind/wave conditions (West coast of Vancouver Island) and had
no problem.

Paul
www.jcruiser.org
"Gerald Atkin" wrote in message
...
Am curious if anyone has experience with using a Dinghy-Tow. This is the
device that allows you to tow a dinghy with it partially raised out of the
water. Am thinkingabout using it to reduce the drag of towing in the usual
manner.

Jerry

Take a look at their web site, if you have any questions about my experience
with it, ask away.
http://www.dinghy-tow.com/

Paul
www.jcruiser.org
"Jean" wrote in message
...
Could you please elaborate on the "dinghy tow" system, website would be
great.

Thanks

John

Paul L wrote:

I've put a few thousand miles on mine behind my J/37. It works well. You
get
much reduced (almost eliminated) drag from towing the dink and an easy
way
to store and secure it. You can leave the engine on the dink in
reasonable
conditions. In heavier conditions the engine needs to be off. I've used
it
in some decent wind/wave conditions (West coast of Vancouver Island) and
had
no problem.

Paul
www.jcruiser.org
"Gerald Atkin" wrote in message
...
Am curious if anyone has experience with using a Dinghy-Tow. This is
the
device that allows you to tow a dinghy with it partially raised out of
the
water. Am thinkingabout using it to reduce the drag of towing in the
usual
manner.

Jerry

We saw the Dinghy-Tow at a boat show last year and it looked like a great
concept. Ww down sized to a Dana 24 sailboat but have a 9' Caribe
inflatable with a 9.8 engine. We really do not want to have less of a
dinghy. This year we plan to tow it to see how much drag there is and if it
is more than expected then we thought we would try the Dinghy-Tow.

Any suggestions or recommendations on using, setting up etc.

Jerry

The directions for install are pretty straight forward. Depending on
conditions, most of the time you can leave the outboard on the dink. It will
be hauled out of the water and next to the stern. Not having to haul it on
and off the dink is nice. You can also put the engine on and off while
standing on the stern. For a small boat, like a Dana, I'd think this would
be a good performance boost. On my J/37 it makes a lot of difference in
speed between straight towing and using the dinghy-tow.

Paul
www.jcruiser.org
"Gerald Atkin" wrote in message
...
We saw the Dinghy-Tow at a boat show last year and it looked like a great
concept. Ww down sized to a Dana 24 sailboat but have a 9' Caribe
inflatable with a 9.8 engine. We really do not want to have less of a
dinghy. This year we plan to tow it to see how much drag there is and if
it
is more than expected then we thought we would try the Dinghy-Tow.

Any suggestions or recommendations on using, setting up etc.

Jerry