Joe, I have a 10 foot Caribe RIB and a 9.8 Tohatsu 4 stroke. Together with full fuel tank in the dinghy that's about 200 pounds and I find it a bit much for towing behind and it doesn't tow well at all; even with the outboard fully raised the prop can drag in the water at 6 kts so for cruising last summer I used my little 8 foot fiberglass dinghy and oars, a little more care required in getting on and off the boat without tipping the dinghy but much easier to tow behind...it does the trick, but I plan to get a little Suzuki 2.5 hp instead, that will work nice on the little fiberglass dinghy when cruising and I'll use my Caribe setup for back and forth to the mooring.
Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, *Alianna* Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS d.ve...@bellaliant.net On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > My Avon 340 RIB has never even got close to flipping in the Chesapeake. I > would have to get some other kind of dinghy if I went someplace I could not > tow it, no way the 15 HP engine is coming off except once a year for a > fresh water flush. > Joe > Coquina > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of > ahycrace--- via CnC-List > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 4:19 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: ahycr...@cox.net > Subject: Re: Stus-List Proper Blower Installation - 30 mki NOWFUEL > CHARACTERISTICS > > We had the dink flip over in buzzards bay and we were lucky to get most > of the contents back so now (for the last 20 yrs) we never keep anything in > it when we are underway. > > Gary Kolc > "Liberty" > ---- "Della Barba wrote: > > +1 > > Dinghy gas is in the dinghy. > > I once got to listen to speech about how dangerous my Atomic 4 was from > the skipper of a Cabo Rico with diesel power. He then proceeded to dig a > Clorox bottle full of gasoline out of the engine room to fuel his dinghy! > > Joe > > Coquina > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > >
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