On 12/10/2010 11:13 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:14:28 -0500,
wrote:

On 12/10/2010 7:05 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
http://www.clcboats.com/shop/boats/n...ng-dinghy.html

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and watch the video. I'm trying
to figure out if it could be scaled up to 18 feet or so and
reassembled in the water.


I don't know about that, but it sure is a pretty little boat. I prefer
the one that doesn't come apart in the middle. I see the site has kits.
I might buy a kit. Thanks!

We have room to store a 12 to 13 foot dinghy on top of the aft cabin
and use an electric hoist to launch it. Weight is an issue, maybe
400 to 500 lbs tops including outboard, fuel, anchor,etc. It looks
like that Chesapeake dinghy separates into roughly 1/3 and 2/3rds of
its length so I'm thinking 18 ft overall might be doable which is a
nice size. I'd have to launch it in pieces and reassemble in the
water however.


Well, as a teacher of non-math/science-based liberal arts, my
professorial opinion is that treading water while wrestling 12' and 6'
boat sections together that also have to be bolted might be a heck of a
lot to handle without drowning in the process. If you were successful,
though, it would make a terrific video. I'd buy a copy.

Curious, though, as to why you need an 18' semi-portable boat?

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On 12/10/2010 11:13 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:14:28 -0500,
wrote:

On 12/10/2010 7:05 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
http://www.clcboats.com/shop/boats/n...ng-dinghy.html

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and watch the video. I'm trying
to figure out if it could be scaled up to 18 feet or so and
reassembled in the water.


I don't know about that, but it sure is a pretty little boat. I prefer
the one that doesn't come apart in the middle. I see the site has kits.
I might buy a kit. Thanks!

We have room to store a 12 to 13 foot dinghy on top of the aft cabin
and use an electric hoist to launch it. Weight is an issue, maybe
400 to 500 lbs tops including outboard, fuel, anchor,etc. It looks
like that Chesapeake dinghy separates into roughly 1/3 and 2/3rds of
its length so I'm thinking 18 ft overall might be doable which is a
nice size. I'd have to launch it in pieces and reassemble in the
water however.


Well, as a teacher of non-math/science-based liberal arts, my
professorial opinion is that treading water while wrestling 12' and 6'
boat sections together that also have to be bolted might be a heck of a
lot to handle without drowning in the process. If you were successful,
though, it would make a terrific video. I'd buy a copy.

Curious, though, as to why you need an 18' semi-portable boat?

There are these new-fangled devices called life jackets and buoyancy
compensators that would help.

On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:44:26 -0500, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:

Well, as a teacher of non-math/science-based liberal arts, my
professorial opinion is that treading water while wrestling 12' and 6'
boat sections together that also have to be bolted might be a heck of a
lot to handle without drowning in the process. If you were successful,
though, it would make a terrific video. I'd buy a copy.

Curious, though, as to why you need an 18' semi-portable boat?

Heh, need is relative. :-)

There are a lot of guys down in the Bahamas towing 30 ft offshore
center consoles for use as a dinghy. Of course they are using them
for some serious fishing also.

From an assembly standpoint I'm thinking that as long as both halves
have full flotation and some semblence of watertight integrity, that
you could launch them as two seperate boats and then bolt them up in
the water without even getting your feet wet.

In article ,
says...

On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:44:26 -0500, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:

Well, as a teacher of non-math/science-based liberal arts, my
professorial opinion is that treading water while wrestling 12' and 6'
boat sections together that also have to be bolted might be a heck of a
lot to handle without drowning in the process. If you were successful,
though, it would make a terrific video. I'd buy a copy.

Curious, though, as to why you need an 18' semi-portable boat?

Heh, need is relative. :-)

There are a lot of guys down in the Bahamas towing 30 ft offshore
center consoles for use as a dinghy. Of course they are using them
for some serious fishing also.

From an assembly standpoint I'm thinking that as long as both halves
have full flotation and some semblence of watertight integrity, that
you could launch them as two seperate boats and then bolt them up in
the water without even getting your feet wet.

It could easily be scaled up... Who is gonna' build it, you?

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On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:07:58 -0500, I am Tosk
wrote:

It could easily be scaled up... Who is gonna' build it, you?

Sure, why not?

I've rebuilt and repaired quite a few boats but never done a whole one
from scratch. Tools are not a problem and I've got lots of time and
good weather most of the time. Space is more of an issue but could do
it in the driveway, down on the dock or on the back patio.

On Dec 10, 3:58*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:35:37 -0500, Wayne.B



wrote:
On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:44:26 -0500, "Paul@BYC"
wrote:

Well, as a teacher of non-math/science-based liberal arts, my
professorial opinion is that treading water while wrestling 12' and 6'
boat sections together that also have to be bolted might be a heck of a
lot to handle without drowning in the process. If you were successful,
though, it would make a terrific video. I'd buy a copy.

Curious, though, as to why you need an 18' semi-portable boat?

Heh, need is relative. * :-)

There are a lot of guys down in the Bahamas towing 30 ft offshore
center consoles for use as a dinghy. * Of course they are using them
for some serious fishing also.

From an assembly standpoint I'm thinking that as long as both halves
have full flotation and some semblence of watertight integrity, that
you could launch them as two seperate boats and then bolt them up in
the water without even getting your feet wet.

That might work if you had some tapered alignment pins to get you
started and a rope, pulled through a hole, to pull it up.. Maybe add a
couple of toggle clamps to hold things until you got the screws in.

I built a dinghy a lot like this from plans from the net. It is
called a 2-paw 9 and is 9' long and rows very well and has a lot of
room. It nests together very well on the foredeck of my 28'
sailboat. However, assembly is a bit odd. Using the bolts they show
is absurd so I came up with a better way. I made stainless tabs on
one part that slide into notches on the other half. On the outside I
use stainless "draw clamps" along the gunnel that pull the two halves
together. No bolts to leak.
Assembly goes like this. Use the halyard to lift a half, tie a line
to it and to the main boat, lower it into the water. Do the same with
the other half. Get into the back half, pull the front half toward me
and slide the Stainless tabs into the notches and then lock the draw
clamps. So, Yes, assembly is done in the water. I also put
floatation in mine by gluing in some closed cell foam.