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• How much boat speed under sail is lost towing a dinghy ...
  • I estimate about 1/2 knot
  • Depends...
    • We adjust
      • Also heard that if you haul the bow up and only tow the two points, it cuts drag.
      • "dinghy Hull Speed"
        • Some dinks are displacement type, some have a planing hull
    • Here's UNCLE DAVE, which has sponsons Ron.
  • Anything is too much.
    • We know a fellow cruiser
      • 7000 miles, twice across Gulf Stream, twice across Tongue of the Ocean
  • That's dependent on the dinghy.
    • As Rich and others noted -- depends on hull speed.
      • If you've never owned a hard dinghy, it would be hard to imagine a difference.
        • I always had hard dinghies and liked them
          • I like those boats. I toyed with building one of these a few years ago.
            • I never had a problem with my little Nutshell