Even floating polypro can be sucked into a prop if one gives it a chance. Don't ask me how I know.
When offshore we tow the dinghy with two lines, one to each quarter and fairly short about fifteen feet from the transom, but when are maneuvering we shorten up considerably. We would love to carry it on deck but as yet have no way to pick it up. Boat and motor are about 300 lbs. Our dinghy painter, floating polypro, that we use daily to tie to dinghy docks (we add to it for towing) is just long enough to not quite reach the dinghy prop. It used to be longer, but the dinghy prop taught me the wisdom of it's current length. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > [Original Message] > From: Rosalie B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/1/2008 7:57:13 AM > Subject: [Liveaboard] Dinghy towing was Re: Dragon Lady,Ruff Times and High Times > > > > > >Backing smartly away from the dock on a favorable wind, we > >promptly wrapped the painter in the prop. Oops. > > Do people not use a painter that floats? I thought the reason for > that was so that it didn't get into the prop. > > A towed dinghy can be a problem in other ways. We went into Hilton > Head (only once because the tide was so great that we couldn't get out > again until high tide) and one of the boats waiting to come in to a > dock was towing their dinghy. The wake of a power boat pushed the > dinghy under their swim step and punctured it. It could not be > repaired. > > > ___ _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
