Harbor Tender Idea
 

I'm working on an idea for a tender to get back and forth to our sailboat in
a cove with no docks or other facilities. If this is something that might
interest you, you can follow the progress he
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Tender.htm

Comments and suggestions welcome:

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Roger Long

Lots of sand. I would just use standard trailer components. The sand
problem won't be any worse than it would be for a boat trailer. More hours
of immersion while the boat sits on a mooring will probably shorten the life
of the underwater stuff so I will put zinc's on everything and just plan on
replacing things every few years.

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Roger Long



"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Roger Long wrote:
I'm working on an idea for a tender to get back and forth to our sailboat
in a cove with no docks or other facilities. If this is something that
might interest you, you can follow the progress he
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Tender.htm

Comments and suggestions welcome:


What are you going to use for wheel bearings, and how are you going to
keep the sand out of them, assuming there is sand...

Why not just use beachcat wheels?

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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I'm working on an idea for a tender to get back and forth to our sailboat
in a cove with no docks or other facilities. If this is something that
might interest you, you can follow the progress he
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Tender.htm

Comments and suggestions welcome:

--

Roger Long

Are they street legal? If so, do you have a link?

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Roger Long



"dave chapelle" wrote in message
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Why not just use beachcat wheels?

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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I'm working on an idea for a tender to get back and forth to our sailboat
in a cove with no docks or other facilities. If this is something that
might interest you, you can follow the progress he
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Tender.htm

Comments and suggestions welcome:

--

Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in
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I'm working on an idea for a tender to get back and forth to our
sailboat in a cove with no docks or other facilities. If this is
something that might interest you, you can follow the progress he
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Tender.htm

Comments and suggestions welcome:

Aside from your design ideas, you do realize that you're proposing a 16'
tender for a 32' boat....


-- Geoff

This tender is never intended to leave the harbor. We would have another
dinghy to take with us.

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Roger Long



"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message
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"Roger Long" wrote in
:

I'm working on an idea for a tender to get back and forth to our
sailboat in a cove with no docks or other facilities. If this is
something that might interest you, you can follow the progress he
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Tender.htm

Comments and suggestions welcome:

Aside from your design ideas, you do realize that you're proposing a 16'
tender for a 32' boat....


-- Geoff

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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This tender is never intended to leave the harbor. We would have another
dinghy to take with us.

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What about a catamaran type dinghy? It could dismantle into three or four
pieces light enough to carry in a mini-van/station wagon but be stable
enough to stand
up on.

Here in WA you would have to register the tender both as a motor boat and a
trailer. Never heard of it being done, but I'm sure the state would love to
work with you on it.

BS

"Roger Long" wrote in message
.. .
I'm working on an idea for a tender to get back and forth to our sailboat
in a cove with no docks or other facilities. If this is something that
might interest you, you can follow the progress he
http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Tender.htm

Comments and suggestions welcome:

--

Roger Long

Amphicar !!!!!
http://www.amphicar.com/


In article , Roger Long
wrote:

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Tender.htm

Just use spring loaded automatic trailer bearing hubs. You over
pressurize the axle with grease (the spring compresses) and this keeps
the entire journal filled with grease .... and excludes water, etc.
You must let the bearings & journals 'cool-down' before you enter the
water (the sudden cooling with water will cause an internal vacuum
which will suck in water).

In article , Harry Krause
wrote:

Roger Long wrote:
Lots of sand. I would just use standard trailer components. The sand
problem won't be any worse than it would be for a boat trailer.

I dunno about that. I've been trailering boats for a number of years,
but I've always used decent ramps and never buried the axles in sand or
mud. Sure, there is some sand "in suspension" floating around, but if
you are launching by rolling down a beach in loose sand, it is going to
get into your bearings.


More hours
of immersion while the boat sits on a mooring will probably shorten the
life
of the underwater stuff so I will put zinc's on everything and just plan on
replacing things every few years.

I doubt you'll get a season out of metal axles and bearings.

There are some launchers around for PWCs that use large nylon or plastic
wheels and corrosion-proof axles. I don't know the particulars, but you
might want to inquire about these...

Good luck. Me, I'd grin and bear it with a decent inflatable and a pair
of tall fishermen's boots.