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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Thu Sep 02 2004 - 14:07:22 EDT
In a message dated 8/5/2004 9:25:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:
But I'm curious to hear from others who stay at anchor most of the time...
how often do you go aboard? I wonder if the "dinghy process" (lowering it,
loading into it, traveling, finding a place to beach/dock it, etc...) is
cumbersome to the point that it prevents most people from going ashore any
more than necessary for supplies, washing, etc..?
I suppose one of many impacting factors would be the size of the dink -
needs to be large enough to comfortable fit 2 adults, 1 child, and a large
dog -- any doing this who can say just how large is "enough"?
Been away from email so this reply is old.
Check archives for Bandersnatch's Dinghy.
Whether launching/retreiving the dinghy inhibits its use depends on how easy
it is to handle.
I found that winches, trailer winches (available in stainless from Bosuns
Supplies) work much better than block and tackle. We have amidships davits,
basically 4x4's sticking out with the winches on them. Jan and I can wind up the
dinghy or lower it in seconds.
We have a 10' RIB Caribe with a 30HP Johnson and are happy with it. It is
plenty big enough for four people. Sometimes we would like to have more power,
like when pushing the bow of the big boat toward deep water in the ICW or
planing with four people aboard, but I don't want the extra weight of a bigger
motor. If I got a heavier motor I would probably go for a four cycle.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Portland ME
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