"Roger Long" wrote in news:wU9wf.77876$XC4.33248
@twister.nyroc.rr.com:

What is a good dinghy tow rope and painter? Should float well enough
that it doesn't get sucked into the prop but still pleasant to handle
and hold knots well.

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Roger Long



The Mizzen boom! Put a preventer on it to hold it out to whichever side
you like. Tows the dink well under power in the ditch. In port, tie up
the dink to the outhaul car to you can easily retrieve it alongside the
boarding ladder to board. Haul the dink out to the end for "storage" so
it can't bump into anything it might scratch.

Isn't that why they put that little car on top of the mizzen boom,
anyways?...(c;

I have used for several years now a towing bridle made by C-Level in CT. It
clips on to the towing eyes on the tubes of my inflatable and has a float at
the loop where you attach the tow line. For a tow line I have a length of
3/8" poly line with an eye spliced in one end. I loop the eye of the tow
line thru the eye in the bridle then attach the bitter end to a stern cleat.
I can adjust the length as necessary and move the line to an amidship cleat
and pull it alongside when I back up or anchor.

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"Roger Long" wrote in message
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What is a good dinghy tow rope and painter? Should float well enough that
it doesn't get sucked into the prop but still pleasant to handle and hold
knots well.

--

Roger Long

New England Ropes makes a rope just for this purpose - a nylon braided
cover over a poly core called "Dinghy Tow Line". West Marine has it in
their catalog. It floats but the nylon outside means that it doesn't
slip. The poly is also protected from UV by the cover.

Carl
S/V Sula

I have no relation to either company.

Thank you. That is exactly what I was looking for and why I posted in
this in the first place.

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Roger Long



"Carl" wrote in message
oups.com...

New England Ropes makes a rope just for this purpose - a nylon
braided
cover over a poly core called "Dinghy Tow Line". West Marine has it
in
their catalog. It floats but the nylon outside means that it doesn't
slip. The poly is also protected from UV by the cover.

Carl
S/V Sula

I have no relation to either company.