Towing inflatables: If it is a soft bottom, the ONLY way I have made it work is engine off and the bow of the dinghy is up in the air tied to the stern pulpit and the engine off the dinghy. Towing astern has always resulted in a swamped or flipped dinghy. Both my last RIB and my current one, an Avon 340, have been towed astern with no issues in all kinds of Chesapeake weather for about 17 years now with no issues with the engine on. There is no way I would even think of wrestling a 15 HP engine on and off the dinghy every time I moved it. The engine goes on in March and off in December. There are limits though, I wouldn’t try it out in open ocean. Speaking of engines, I have this advice. Go big or go light. A 2-4 HP two stroke can be picked up with two fingers and stowed aboard. Your dinghy will go about 5 knots. My 15 HP outboard is good for about 18 knots or so with a good load in the dinghy and can tow a tube+rider at speed. It weights around 75 pounds, too heavy to try and move on and off. If you go in the middle range of 9-10 HP or so, you’ll end up with a lot more weight and the frustrating condition of going 15 knots by yourself and 5 as soon as another person gets in the dinghy.
Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I Avon 340 + Evinrude 15 HP From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Josh Muckley via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 8:55 AM To: C&C List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List Dinghy on fordeck So for those who tow, what is the preferred method? We towed an inflatable one time. Had floating painter and made a bridle on the dink. Tied straight to the stern rail station. No bridle at the boat, not tied to the stern cleats. The painter was roughly 20'. In a following seas with 6 foot swells the dinghy would surge down the face of the wave catch up with the boat. At one point it got up next to the boat and turned slightly perpendicular to the boat. When the slack was pulled out of the painter, the force was sideways to the dinghy and was enough to flip it upside down. It was painfully difficult to turn right side up. I've been hesitant to tow since. I've seen others tow with a considerably shorter painter but with my reverse transom I would rather avoid having the dinghy bump or rub the back of the boat. Do you keep an outboard on the dinghy while towing? Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Tue, Aug 15, 2017, 1:50 PM john wright via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Any owners of 38 Landfall or any other C&C, keep/store their tender on the foredeck. I am thinking of having Chocks made that at minimum, I can keep a rowing wood tender thats 10 ft long on the foredeck. Not sure about while under sail. Thoughts? Thanks _______________________________________________ This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All Contributions are greatly appreciated!
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