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Jim,
While I don't know where you are, I'm sure there are inflatable boat repair
places that service your area. They usually sell the lifting rings. As
someone else pointed out, the pads holding the d-rings should be fairly
large (mine are about 5" in diameter) to give you enough strength in the
glued area.
One source is Inflatable Boat Repair (http://www.airboatfix.com) located
just outside of Philadelphia. They service the Philly/Balt/NY/NJ area and
have the ring sets.
If they're not convenient to you I've got to believe there's someone similar
servicing inflatables in your neighborhood.
Steve Weinstein
Hydro-Therapy
1981 Cherubini Hunter 33
Sailing out of Oyster Bay, N.Y.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Lynch" <>
To: "Live Aboard List" <>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: lv-ab: How to swing a dink?
> 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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