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"cavalamb himself" wrote in message ... What qualities make for a good crusing dink? 1) it should be easy to row. 2) you should be able to row out the bower, kedge and a shot of chain even in rough seas. 3) you should be able to get it aboard and stowed lashed amidships under the boom. 4) it should be made out of GRP and have positive flotation. 5) inflatables are a joke if only because you can't row them and sooner or later that reliable motor will die. 6) if you have to ask here then you aren't doing enough reading of good cruising books. Wilbur Hubbard |
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"cavalamb himself" wrote in message ... What qualities make for a good crusing dink? At first I wondered what a *crusing dink* was and a Dingy???? But then I noticed you even failed to spell cavelamb right so I guess you're either stupid or illiterate. But, I took pity on you and answered your lame query anyway. I'll wager nobody will provide a better or more accurate response. It's obvious the store of cruising knowledge around here is quite limited. Wilbur Hubbard |
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On Feb 21, 5:41*pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "cavalamb himself" wrote in message ... What qualities make for a good crusing dink? 1) it should be easy to row. 2) you should be able to row out the bower, kedge and a shot of chain even in rough seas. 3) you should be able to get it aboard and stowed lashed amidships under the boom. 4) it should be made out of GRP and have positive flotation. 5) inflatables are a joke if only because you can't row them and sooner or later that reliable motor will die. 6) if you have to ask here then you aren't doing enough reading of good cruising books. Wilbur Hubbard When you look at what a lot of cruisers are using, RIB's are very popular. We chose not to go that route and went with a porta-bote instead. It rows decent, it has positive floatation, it's lighter than RIB's, it doesn't require a dinghy davit, it's more tolerant to abuse and it's cheaper. The last quality is that it's so ugly no one will want to steal it. It meets most of Wilbur's criterial, although it's not GRP and it stows even better than a hard dinghy. |
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On Feb 21, 1:19 pm, cavalamb himself wrote:
What qualities make for a good crusing dink? Where and what and how many of you are cruising? I've got a 10' aluminum RIB with an 8hp two stroke, dingy wheels and decent oarlocks. It's a workable compromise for two folks who occasionally need to transport laundry or groceries over a bit and makes an adequate dive boat and holds its own in the rough and tumble of the dingy dock... I've lived with an 8' high pressure floor dingy with a 2.5 hp engine, but was cold wet and slow in open water. -- Tom. |
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:13:36 -0800 (PST), "
wrote: Where and what and how many of you are cruising? I've got a 10' aluminum RIB with an 8hp two stroke, dingy wheels and decent oarlocks. It's a workable compromise for two folks who occasionally need to transport laundry or groceries over a bit and makes an adequate dive boat and holds its own in the rough and tumble of the dingy dock... I've lived with an 8' high pressure floor dingy with a 2.5 hp engine, but was cold wet and slow in open water. We've had good experiences with both a 12 ft Avon roll up with aluminum floor and inflatable keel, and also an 11 ft Caribe RIB. We have used a 15 hp Merc in the past but presently have a 20 hp Honda. They will plane off at 15+ kts with 3 people on board but struggle with 4. They both require a hoist and a fair amount of deck space for storage. |
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:41:51 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "cavalamb himself" wrote in message ... What qualities make for a good crusing dink? 1) it should be easy to row. Why not use an engine? Even the lifeboats carried on ships no longer have oars. A properly maintained engine fails about as frequently as an oar breaks. 2) you should be able to row out the bower, kedge and a shot of chain even in rough seas. Anyone that has to set a second anchor in rough seas is not paying attention. Given the availability of radio weather reports in this day and age anyone who doesn't know what the weather is doing isn't listening. The time to set a second anchor is before the wind gets up. 3) you should be able to get it aboard and stowed lashed amidships under the boom. Bad! Behind the mast interferes with the vang and main sheet. Forward of the mast! 4) it should be made out of GRP and have positive flotation. Wooden boats are no longer usable I guess. Or perhaps Willie doesn't know about wood boats. 5) inflatables are a joke if only because you can't row them and sooner or later that reliable motor will die. Just flat wrong! Perhaps you can't row a rubber duck into the wind but I can. It is just a matter of technique. As for a motor "dying", just maintain it and it won't. 6) if you have to ask here then you aren't doing enough reading of good cruising books. Right! Don't bother to go sailing; just read a book about it! Wilbur Hubbard Willie-boy, I really feel sorry for you - a guy that spends all his time reading sailing magazines and books rather then going sailing - and thinks it makes him a sailor. Pitiful! Bruce-in-Bangkok (Note:remove underscores from address for reply) |
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:57:32 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote: "cavalamb himself" wrote in message ... What qualities make for a good crusing dink? At first I wondered what a *crusing dink* was and a Dingy???? But then I noticed you even failed to spell cavelamb right so I guess you're either stupid or illiterate. But, I took pity on you and answered your lame query anyway. I'll wager nobody will provide a better or more accurate response. It's obvious the store of cruising knowledge around here is quite limited. Wilbur Hubbard It certainly seems to be on your side of the fence. What makes you think that you are a sailor? Just what sailing have you actually done? You talk a lot but I think that most of it comes out of YACHTING or The Wayward Sailor. Tell us what sailing you have actually done Willie. Inquiring minds want to know. Bruce-in-Bangkok (Note:remove underscores from address for reply) |
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Bruce in Bangkok wrote:
Anyone that has to set a second anchor in rough seas is not paying attention. Given the availability of radio weather reports in this day and age anyone who doesn't know what the weather is doing isn't listening. The time to set a second anchor is before the wind gets up. I guess I am going to have to study up. I have had one or more (probably more) instances of having to take out gear in the dink for security or weather reasons. Maybe I have just been in places where the weather reports, such as they were, weren't too reliable. I have both hard and soft little boats, but in the cases I recall where anchor and chain had to be set from the boat, the hard boat with oars was the one actually used. I probably would have been a little intimidated about having to toss a patent-style anchor into a rubber boat in the dark, or with a sea making up. No such fears about the hard boat, and in fact the rig performed quite well. -- Good luck and good sailing. s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare |
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