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-bounces@cnc- <mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> 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/ <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> 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/ <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> stumurray <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam paign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> Virus-free. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam paign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> www.avg.com
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