If you have a concern then put a knife in the dinghy, similar to
having one at the mast and one in the cockpit.
My preference is a fixed blade (not folding).
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 06:30 AM 16/01/2014, you wrote:
Maybe all know this and maybe not - If you're towing a dinghy and your boat
holes and sinks, it will take the dinghy with it.
Unless you can untie or cut the painter really fast. In the midst of the
emergency when you're trying to figure out what happened, where the water is
coming in, if there is anything you can do about it, making the decision to
stay with or abandon ship - much happening all at once and in a short time.
With everything else going on I'm not confident I would get the painter
untied in time.
For those who have considered this, how do you attach your painter? Has
anyone ever experienced something like this?
A slip knot is not secure. A breakable link - what if it breaks when there's
no emergency? Is a sharp knife the best bet? Which means it cannot be
'nearby', it has to be with you. (Mine clips on my PFD)
I did my first cruise in 1985 and never thought of this in 29 years until
the Antigua trip in November, someone brought this up as an issue.
Comments?
Steve Hood
S/V Diamond Girl
C&C 34
Lions Head ON
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