Rachel, In addition to stringing your noodles on a line, why not try 1/2 inch PVC pipe for the straight segments. The line holding all the segments together could be strung through the pipe. I have a Montgomery 6-8 dinghy on order and plan to do this.
Clarence Andrews, M-17 Carpe Ventum #604 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 1:12 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: flotation On Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 09:56 PM, Francene Lebowitz wrote: > > Hi Rachel, > Pardon my ignorance, but do these 'noodles' go on the outside or > inside of dinghy? Hi Fran, Well I'm just making it up as I go along, but in my rendition, they go on the outside. I wish I'd taken a photo of them. Picture a rope tied to the bow, up near the top of the stem and going along the outside of the hull just below the gunwale to the transom. Now thread a pool noodle onto the rope... The noodles I found were larger than your average noodle - about 5" in diameter. I got my inspiration from one of the Pardey's books, wherein they describe an inflatable collar (I think the Add-a-Bouy that seems to be out of business) they put on their dinghy. The nice thing about that is that as it inflates it grips the boat. My noodles tended to ride up but I think perhaps a strap eye (or something less intrusive if I think of it) mounted below their centers, to hold them down, would solve that. I'm going to try strapping them tighter though, now that I've reinforced the ends with hose, so maybe they'll stay below the gunwale without additional hold downs. I should snap a photo of them. I see you list an M-8 below your name; do you still have the M-15? --- Rachel Former owner, M-17 #334 Former owner, M-15 #517 Currently cruising on Westsail 32 #412 with a 7' Fatty Knees (had to keep a Hess boat with me :-) _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
