We have a couple of cam cleats I installed on the aft coaming, same system we used on the 29-2. After 20-odd years of doing this, including going around Vancouver Island, we have had zero problems. This makes it really easy to control which side the dinghy rides to and changing line length for best wave-riding is a snap. We do tie the bitter end of the painter off to a cleat just in case... I could use the spin halyard to hoist our old slat-floor Zodiac onto the foredeck, probably use the same for our new air-floor Zodiac.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 11 May 2018 at 15:03, Ainslie via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > We towed our 10’ dinghy home when we bought Spirit, an ’84 35 MkIII. > Started past Pickering on Lake Ontario and ended at Bayfield, halfway up Lake > Huron. The total trip including the canal was about 900 km. The only time > we had to hoist it aboard was to transit the Welland Canal. > > > > We looped a dockline with a snubber from the aft port cleat to the aft > starboard cleat for some shock absorption, then ran the tow line to the bow > hook on the fibreglass bottom of the dink. We adjusted it to ride the first > wave astern, and it towed like a champ. Last year when we visited the North > Channel, the Admiral filled it with pretty rocks – probably a few hundred > pounds of Canadian Shield – and it towed even better. There is a cost, > however. Under sail, we estimated we gave up two knots of boat speed due to > the drag. > > > > Jason Ainslie, Spirit > > 1984 C&C 35-3 > > Bayfield, ON > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Dan > via CnC-List > *Sent:* May-11-18 1:00 PM > *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com > *Cc:* Dan > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List [EXTERNAL] Re: How do you tow your Dinghy and > bring it aboard > > > > Yikes... ok, that makes a lot of sense. I think I can do a bow-up towing > method, espically with the reverse transom...I can probably get a painter > line to my toe rail as well where we have the same type (with the holes). > > Lifting the dinghy vertically using a halyard also seems much more > practical than attempting to use the boom which would just make things more > difficult. > > Thanks guys! > > Dan > > > > On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 1:43 PM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I have a 12 foot RIB. We tow it with a line fastened to the aft end of the > port toe rail. The 35 MK I has the rail with holes every few inches the > length of the boat. > > The dinghy cannot be brought aboard, there is no place it could fit and it > is heavy. > > Warning : Non-RIB inflatables may not tow well to say the least unless you > hoist the bow out of the water. Our old flat floor inflatable would dive > underwater if flat-towed. > > Joe > > Coquina > > > > *From:* CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of *Dennis > C. via CnC-List > *Sent:* Friday, May 11, 2018 12:33 PM > *To:* CnClist > *Cc:* Dennis C. > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List How do you tow your Dinghy and bring > it aboard > > > > We tow our 9'6" inflatable astern either on a short painter or bow up on > the second stern wave. > > > > We hoist it with a spinnaker halyard and place it on the foredeck for > transits or long term stowage. I can hoist it singlehanded. > > > > Dennis C. > > Touche' 35-1 #83 > > Mandeville, LA > > > > On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Dan via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > Hi All, > > We JUST bought our first dinghy and it's time to figure out how to have it > interact with the mothership... > > No Davits... > > > > We have a 1986 C&C44 (with the ridiculously long reversed transom)... > There is no obvious towing fitting around the transom other than a couple > of rings that the previous owner added but both are only held on by a > couple of screws. How do people typically tow their dinghies? - from the > aft Cleats? > > IS it prudent to attempt to raise the dinghy form the water by way of the > mast swung out abeam with a couple shackles (like a crane) for deck storage? > > Thanks guys! > > Dan > > Breakaweigh > > 1986 C&C44 > > Halifax, NS > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > > Virus-free. www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > > <#m_15413042263770743_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > >
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