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• Tender transport... questions
  • Don't deflate it for passages
    • We almost always avoid towing expect in placid, short hops / We don't store the dingy on deck.
      • Dinghy. Dinghies. Damned english classes anyway....
  • Long bridle works well.
    • I don't like a long painter
      • I don't like davits!
        • I don't like towing
          • Re: yeah, not all of us have nets on which to rest the inflatable.
            • Re: yeah, not all of us have nets on which to rest the inflatable.
              • Re: Well Dink is 9 foot, Boat is 27 foot.
                • Then I believe your only choice is a liferaft or take your chances.
            • I've used a four part to haul myself to the masthead more than once.
              • Re: I've used a four part to haul myself to the masthead more than once.
        • The worse part of davits is the hobby horsing
  • You have it right. Except for passages, tow it. Just about everybody does.
    • That's about it. Dinghy towing - the new anchor thread?
    • Speaking of surfing inflatables,
      • That sounds far fetched but I believe it
      • After my minor epifamy, a woman friend had her dingy thron up onto her main in a thunderstorm