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Yes it is (Hypalon?). Others have suggested the same off list. Now to
find the rings....
Thanks,
Jim.
At 01:29 PM 2/10/2004, Keith wrote:
>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
>__
>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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