Thanks Chris. I've thought of that for longterm storage. But I'd hate
to wrestle it on a weekly basis. The puppy is a tad heavy (WaterTrender 9.4)
Jeff Sheler
s/v Windsome
C27TR #6594
Hampton, VA
At 03:14 PM 1/9/2007, you wrote:
How about hauling said puppy onto your fore deck?
-----Original Message-----
>From: tim ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Jan 9, 2007 3:37 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: dinghy dock
>
>wood knot it just be cheaper/easier to slather a bunch of Trinidad
>(anti-slime formula) on the bottom of that puppy and not have to
>worry about one more floating obligation?
>
>--tf
> trying to stay in kiss mode
>
>
>Jeffery L. Sheler wrote:
>> Much to my disappointment, my marina does not provide a dock or storage
>> rack for dinghies, nor does it permit storing them on any of the main
>> docks. So I keep it tethered in my slip just in front of my sailboat. We
>> like to use it fairly often to motor around the marina and vicinity,
>> which is another reason why we keep it in the water. The result is that
>> unwanted marine life tends to grow on the hull at a pretty steady pace.
>> I'm thinking of building (or buying if it's cheap enough) a floating
>> mini dock which I would keep in my slip to keep the dinghy up out of the
>> water, something along the lines of those floating ramps for PWCs (which
>> are way too expensive for my budget). Has anyone made or seen anything
>> like this that is a) not too ugly and b) relatively easy and inexpensive
>> to build or buy?
>>
>> Jeff Sheler
>> s/v Windsome
>> C27TR #6594
>> Hampton, VA
>>
>>
>>
