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Originally Posted by ianhlnd
I still don't get it, if I'm in danger of loosing a $150,000 boat, what do I care about loosing a $700 dinghy if that dinghy presents a danger to the boat or crew? It's jetsum! And, if I had it dragging on a painter under those conditions, I think it would be more a hinderance than help. |
You are right about towing a
dinghy. Even coastwise towing can be a problem. The point about davits is you don’t always have convenient timing to shed a thing like that. You tend to hang on just a bit too long and then you have a large heavy object flying past you or even worse, large holes where the davits were. People do it all the time and very few get into trouble but I would rather not take the chance and I carry an inflatable instead of a hard
dinghy.
All the best,
Robert Gainer