Thanks everyone for the tips! :) I think we'll tow with the dinghy bow up on the transom and use the spin halyard to lift it on the foredeck. Dan
Sent from my iPhone > On May 13, 2018, at 12:36 PM, Jim Watts via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > 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. 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