Hi Norm, The painter to our inflatable is about 8 ft. long. It splits out into a V and attaches to mount points about 1/4 back on the inflatable. The idea is have the painter give some lift to the bow of the Dingy when towed. But waves/chop of any size hit the nose of the inflatable and cause significant drag. I have tried shortening the painter, but if you get too close then you have to worry about interference with the rudder and motor. Larry Yake pulls a Kayak behind his 17. His is more of the long slender type. He likes it but has to be careful when getting in and out. I believe he said it has little drag. Randy
-----Original Message----- From: Norm Bundek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 1/21/2005 8:00 AM To: RandyG Subject: Re: M_Boats: Pulling a large kayak with an M15 Thanks Randy. How far back do you tow your inflatable? Norm ----- Original Message ----- From: "RandyG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Norm Bundek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 7:45 AM Subject: RE: M_Boats: Pulling a large kayak with an M15 Norm, We have a 9 ft. inflatable we have towed behind our M-15. I really like to have a good rowing inflatable on trips. The inflatable weighs 45 lbs. Your Kayak would probably tow better than our inflatable. I think the Kayak would sit more on top of the water than the inflatable. Anyways.... in calm conditions the inflatable tows well. If there is ANY chop at all, the drag placed on the 15 by the inflatable is too much! The 15 slows by 1 knot or more. In conditions like this we deflate and stow it. Randy Graves M-15 # 407 ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Norm Bundek Sent: Fri 1/21/2005 7:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: M_Boats: Pulling a large kayak with an M15 I'm wondering how much the sailing characteristics of an M15 would be degraded by pulling a 12' 6" kayak. I have a Hobie Outback which is just 2' 6" shorter than the Monty. Has anyone experienced pulling anything this large? The Outback weighs 64 lbs. The good part about this kayak is that with it's Mirage drive system (peddle power) it can tow the Monty. I was going to sell it for something smaller but thought I would get some opinions on it first. This is what the kayak looks like: http://www.yourcommunityweb.com/kayak.htm . Norm M15 #172 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
