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Chef
Ealker Bay makes a sailer. I have a WB Odessey and love it.
One thing I have notice is that people do no cover their dighys.
The reason ours has lasted so long and still is in goodshape is we reliously keep its cover on it. My wife custom made our cover from a commercial on to put on it while the dinghy hangs in the davits. It keeps the rain out, and most importantly the run off of it. It adds 3 minutes to our rouotine when exiting the dinghy to climp up the steps back onto the boat. It has an electic rim sewn into the bottom edge so it can go aound the tubes and i put 3/4 on before getting out of it. the bottom edge also has loops so I have lines installed so i can pull the cover tight after it is lifted up on the davits and the lines go under the dingy so the cover is secure no matter how much wind. When have reinforced "slits" where the dingy lifting straps come through the cover. We put a cheap air filled beach ball (wilson) in the dingy to "tent" the cover so the water runs of when it rains and doent collect in a low spot.
The cover is the savior of the dingy.
Dave
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S/V Haleakula (Hawaiian for" House of the Sun")
C&C 35 MKIII Hull # 76
Parkville, Maryland
(photos by Joe McCary)
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