Great story Dwight. Wish I could have met you for a drink and a sail. I read many stories about losing dinghies before I bought mine, and once I bought one, I removed the light hardware and through bolted SS rings and padeyes to the inside face of the transom with backing plates on the backside, that I use to tow it using a bridle made of skier's towrope. Cheap but strong and It floats. The bridle spreads the load by running the braided rope through the D rings provided for towing and clip the ends to the SS rings throughbolted to the transom. I also throughbolted nylon cleats to the outside of the transom and use those as handles. The painter attaches via a SS carabiner to a SS ring in a bight with a plastic float, so it's always at the surface. I made it long enough to flip it inside the dinghy when not needed, but always attached. The manufacturer only provides those D rings glued on with patches and they can pull out. The logic of my rig is meant to pull the dinghy together instead of apart.
I also spent considerable time researching dinghies and chose to follow West Marine's advice at the time which was to buy the biggest size that would fit on the deck of your boat inflated. Mine is an airdeck, 10' and she fits on the foredeck of my 34R nicely. Though I honestly haven't used her much since we started racing. She's a beast to move around on land, but a pleasure in the water. Chuck Resolute 1990 C&C 34R Atlantic City, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "dwight veinot" <dwightvei...@hfx.eastlink.ca> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 8:37:12 PM Subject: Stus-List Tall Ships Halifax The so called tall ships are getting shorter and shorter every time I go to see them and the event at Halifax this week proved that for me...very disappointing group of tall ships to say the least, despite all the advertising hype. However the event did provide an opportunity to leave St. Margaret's Bay and sail east to Halifax; took about 9 hours with some motor sailing and all motoring for the last hour because of wind direction and daylight time but it was a nice chance to sail with an old friend whose help was much appreciated. This trip had a lot to offer besides tall ships as we met up with some long lost sailing friends and had some nice time together and that was the best part. In fact we invited two long lost sailing friends from Liverpool NS on board for BBQed kebabs on Sat evening and just when I was about to light the BBQ, a Force 10 propane unit, and get things going we had a great laugh...the thing left the stern and sunk faster than I expected, Force 10 BBQ's sink fast, but thankfully no food was lost and we improvised with the Hillerange Princess. Turned out the weld that held the unit to the part that attached to the expensive Force 10 rail bracket failed...it was attached with just 3 little tack welds and despite that they lasted and travelled with us for about 7 years we were not impressed with the manufacture of the unit when we saw what had failed , we thought they could have done better and wondered what might have happen if the lit unit with food had landed in my tender which is often seen floating at the stern. I think the Force 10 people need to know about this so I will send them a report on how their expensive little stainless steel marine BBQ left us down. We took friends and relatives for sails in the Big City waters but were unimpressed by the attention given by our local governments to landings spots for folks who come to see such events by boat...after all boats were how folks came to that city in the first place and that is what the celebrations were all about but now sadly boat travel appears to take a way far back seat. There are some public launches and docks for folks to use in Halifax harbour but all are disgraceful and IMHO quite unsafe to say the least...the yacht clubs offer better choices for those who want to go ashore but stay on the privacy of the hook. Once we had our anchor snag on a line that was below water and attached at both ends to something very heavy and that is a real pain to release from if it snags a 15 KG Bruce like I have on Alianna. Chalk it up to bad luck and smile. Then on the way home 20+ knots head wind through Sambro Channel and a big swell so making desperately slow headway and then after rounding Pennant Point a close reach with a reefed to 100 genoa in 20+ and rolling seas with a high swell, single handed rockin and rollin and wishin I was somewhere else with my new Caribe inflatable and Totahatsu 9.8 getting dragged behind and bouncing wildly around on the swells...just to learn after communicating that all was well and I was making distance towards home on the VHF that my new dinghy had parted company with me somewhere on the way into St. Margaret's Bay form Peggy's Cove and then to turn and motor back out into that 25 kts of wind and big swells to find it...but I did find it drifting downwind freely but not as fast as my 35 drifted downwind so it was a real pain to snag and once snagged after multiple tries it was a real drag to hold onto but I got it home...sort of made the trip for me...I lost but then saved my new dinghy but now I am damn tired, long day in big wind and big seas...I am getting older and it shows...7-8 knots boat speed close reach on a furled to 100 genny with no main sail and rolling seas with huge swells and water landing in the cockpit regardless of how much you try to avoid it may be a blast for some but it was more than I wanted and it lasted about 5 hours...now I know why I like day sail cruising inside the bay...it can get mean out there on that ocean off our coast...today I appreciated my harness and tether and I was also thankful that my engine ran well and that my electronics all were reliable...I am happy there was no fog and that I made the trip during daylight hours...for all concerned who tow their dinghies I plan to use 2 independent lines from now on, one attached to cleats at each side of the stern of Alianna and towing with a "V" type connection to the dinghy. If this should sound boring to some of the more accomplished sailors who monitor these posts please accept my apologies, maybe you have to be there to appreciate doing this stuff single handed but I would recommend that you have all your gear in tip top shape and that you have life insurance to look after your loved ones just in case Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS -----Original Message----- From: cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Colin Kilgour Sent: July 23, 2012 7:39 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List LO300 Race Your 29-2 (and just about any sailboat of 25+ feet in reasonable trim) can handle the demands of a 300 mile sail around Lake Ontario. While they call it an offshore race, it's not really. You're never more than a few hours sail from shore and there are lots of safe harbours - even at the east end of the lake (where admittedly, the lake is wider and the population lower). And if it comes to it, you can likely summon SAR from two countries in very short order. With a reasonably fitted out boat, a vhf and a cell phone, you should be all set. Cheers Colin On 7/16/12, Ron's Personal Account(rogers) <an...@rogers.com> wrote: > Good luck to all participants in the LO 300 race this weekend. Our 1986 C&C > 29 Mk 2 is ready for the challenge. My crew and I are confident that our > boat can handle any weather and sea conditions that could possibly happen > in > this off shore race. Some very smart people designed and built our boat. > > > > Perhaps I'm not the only one who feels this way? > > > > Ron Ander > > Alchemist > > E.Y.C. > > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com ----- No virus found in this message. 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