[Alberg30] Dinghies

[Roger L. Kingsland]

If the downhaul is the only problem w/ stowing dingy aft of mast, on my old
boat (1962 Rhodes 19) I rigged a "double preventer" instead of a downhaul.
It involved lines form the boom to a block on the rail (neat the aft side
stay) on each side then leading to the cockpit.  I would cleat the preventer
before tightening the sheet to get correct "flatness" of the main.  One
caveat, don't jibe (or even head up) without releasing (this I know fro
first hand experience).  Otherwise worked well for me and it might work on
an A30.

Roger Kingsland
Mahina Manu, #184




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon LACO" <mainstay at csolve.net>
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Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Dinghies


> on 5/29/03 4:02 PM, Bob Chambers at BlueDolphin at rivnet.net wrote:
>
> > Tow it!  Did so our first year to Bahamas and not a problem, though it
did
> > knock about a quarter knot off the speed!  Have seen contraptions to
hoist
> > it vertically behind the boat, but sure don't like such an arrangement
due
> > to windage and visibility.  Ask Fred Stauffer about this one!
> >
> > Bob Chambers
> >
> > PS If you tow it, keep it real close behind the boat, about five to six
> > feet.  If not a RIB, tow using lines attached to the transom and lead
> > through "D" rings attached to the sides near the bow.  This puts the
towing
> > force where it is designed to be.  Bruce Rankin used to tow his this way
on
> > many offshore passages.
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> Hello,
>
> We tow a rigid dinghy on our trips... a Boston Whaler "Squall" which is a
> little sailing/rowing boat about 9' long.
>
> I use a 40' nylon tow line so that the dink can pick its own way through
> waves.  To minimize the chances that a following sea might toss it into us
I
> have put a funnel on the tow line about 6' from the dingny end... if the
> dink starts catching up with us by surfing the line goes slack and the
> funnel inverts in the water yanking  to one side and spoiling its aim at
us.
>
> We are quite aware that if we were in severe weather we would either face
> losing the dink or having to cut it loose for safety.   It would be a
> horrible thing to have it tossed into the cockpit...  really bad.
>
> We had a great laugh a couple of years ago when we went aground (I
stupidly
> went the wrong side of a mark) and just as I was realizing that we had
> thumped the rocks up came the dink, still doing five knots and walloped
our
> stern with a solid kick in the ass - like the coup de grace.  (we had not
> discovered the funnel trick then)
>
> Gordon Laco
> #426 Surprise
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