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Simplest thing would be to glue some lifting rings to the dink in the
appropriate place. Be sure to use the right glue for the material your dink
is made out of. I think Achilles are made from Hypalon?
Keith
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Don't worry about the world ending today...It's already tomorrow in
Australia. (unless you're in Australia -then start worrying)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Lynch" <>
To: "Live Aboard List" <>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 11:34 AM
Subject: lv-ab: How to swing a dink?
> I have an Achilles dink hanging from a pair of davits. I don't much like
> the way I've got it attached to the davits. I was looking critically at
> the web site for the dingy lift (advertised in Sail Mag), thinking
> erroneously, that it might help me. I realized from looking at the
> pictures they had attached to rings mounted on the inside of the tubes. I
> don't have such things on my dink. I'm currently using the small
> rings where the mooring/tow lines are fed through. The disadvantage of
> that is when the front tube loses air, the bow of the dink becomes lower
> than the stern and the boat fills up with rain water. Eventually
something
> breaks, since the system wasn't designed to hold many gallons of fluid.
>
> So how do I avoid that problem. I don't mind spending a few bucks on the
> right solution.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim.
>
>
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