BoatBanter.com - The dinghy problem again

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On 3/27/2012 8:51 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
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On 3/25/2012 1:29 PM, wrote:
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On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:55:55 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
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Cruising around the Abacos with my wife and 15 yr old daughter on
my
28' sailboat. I have a home built 2-paw-9 nesting dinghy with
oars,
no engine. She sorta fits on the foredeck but must be assembled in
the water as there is not enough room on the foredeck. She rows
very
well and my daughter who is in Crew enjoyed rowing us around much
to
everyone elses amusement.
However, as we had the furthest mooring from town, rowing to shore
is
not something you want to do more'n twice a day. It seems that
long
distance rowing will be necessary in the future too with moorings
and
anchorages.
Worse, the dinghy really obstructs my forward view on deck and tows
very poorly. So, I gave her away in Marsh Harbor. On to dinghy
experiment #5 (cheap rowing inflatable, hard shell Nautilus,
inflatable kayak, 2-Paw-9) so I would like some ideas. I might be
amenable to having a motor on the dinghy.

The dinghies I see around here have a little kicker on them. The
nicest seem to be small 4 strokes, good on gas, quiet running, no
smoke and still not to heavy to horse around.

There is a company selling a little propane powered kicker but it is
not going to be cheap to run if you are using those coleman
cylinders.
That still might be worth it if you don't really use it much and you
don't want to be trying to store gasoline safely and for any period
of
time..

Interesting. You could always get an adapter to charge the Coleman
tanks
from your 20# tank.

I have seen those but you are not really supposed to refill those
tanks. From my experience, the seals are not that good if you connect
and disconnect them very often.
I usually take the torch head off of mine when I put it away and I
have had more than a couple tanks that leaked.

You are absolutely not supposed to refill those things. I admit, some
rules like that I don't always follow, but that one I do... I won't
refill the small torch tanks.

Why not? The pressure in the 20# tank is the same as the one pound tank.

Hey, you can carry your gas around in a balloon too if you want but it's
never gonna' be the right tool... But go ahead, use balloons to store
your flammables, keep them right in your kids bedrooms if you want...

Who said anything about a vessel that is not meant to be filled with
propane? The one pound tank IS designed to carry propane. There is the
difference between your delightful analogy, a balloon is NOT made to
carry propane.

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The law says you can not transport if refilled. I refill the small bottles
all the time. They are good for multiple refills. If I get a leaker, so
what. I leave it outside and toss the canister later. At the price of the
little bottles, it is really a large saving. Last year in Sequoia Nat'l
park, I saw the bottles for $14 /each.