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Dinghy experiment #5
On Jan 16, 8:15*pm, I am Tosk wrote:
In article 4beef925-58c7-42d2-9e17- , says... On Jan 16, 7:22*pm, Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:53:37 -0500, Harryk wrote: On 1/16/11 5:47 PM, Frogwatch wrote: The nesting dinghy was a PITA that constantly snagged jib sheets and filled with water when towed. *So, I gave it away. So, next experiment, an 8' Porta-Bote I am looking at on Craigslist and will get a 2.5 hp motor for. So far I have tried: an 8' Nautilus dinghy--------Far too heavy. *Gave it away a Sevylor inflatable. * It was crap an inflatable kayak. *It was crap but wore it out. the nesting 2-Paw-9 dinghy, home built. * * Snags sheets and does not tow well. *Gave it away. Well, you could always get yourself a proper dinghy. Of course, I don't know what you mean by too heavy. The Dyer Dhow weighs about 100 pounds, and is about as nice a hard-sided dink you can get. http://www.dyerboats.com/dyer_dhow.html They've been around a long, long time. We're down in Key West right now amidst a rather eclectic collection of serious cruisers and liveaboards. * The dinghy choice seems to be evenly split between RIBs in the 10 to 12 ft range and ratty old Carolina Skiffs of about 12 to 13 ft. * The liveaboards mostly favor the ratty skiffs. In addition to a couple of RIBs (carrying only one), we also own an old inflatable Avon with the roll up aluminum floor and hard transom. The roll up Avon gave us a lot of good service aboard several different sailboats. *We also took it on a lot of road trips in the back of a Dodge caravan. *With a 15 horse Merc it will plane 3 or 4 people. Wayne i was going to suggest jsut something like that for Frog's use. Of course I dont' knwo the situation but with all his experimenting, would it be practical to carry a flattened *inflatable, and a battery operated electric ( or even a manual) air pump and inflate it when necessary? *I'd think it would beat having the thing inflated and getting in the way of things I keep a lung backup, but for inflatables I have an Ozark Mtn. electric pump for my Matresses. They plug in to the wall or car, and recharge off them. The thing will run for a half hour or more on a charge. They are small, about the size of a big camera, and store easily... It would probably blow up an Avon twice on one good charge... -- Rowdy Mouse Racing - Pain is temporary, Glory is forever! That's kinda what i was thinking. |
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