I used to tow mine until I got caught out in a squall,its very hard to lift an inflatable dinghy on deck when its half full of water and blowing 25 knots it almost blew me over the side,not good with 2 young kids on board who cant sail.You wont catch me towing a dinghy anywhere now.
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I moved a boat about 100 miles from the Hudson river to Shelter Is, LI NY with the owner of a newer 43' sailboat.
The trip was through Hell Gate and Plum Gut.
I strongly suggested that we do not tow the dinghy. It is an inflatable with an air floor so wasn't that hard to deflate and re-inflate two days latter.
The owner of the boat couldn't figure out how to hook up his power inflate to a battery and said that the manual pump would not inflate the floor.
We compromised and figured out how to tie it on the fore-deck. It rode there well although it made forward visibility a little harder.
The owner gave me a lot of grief, said he was just kidding but I couldn't be sure about that decision.
So we kept the dinghy on the for-deck for the first day of about 80 miles then towed it the last 20 miles.
The weather was supposed to be mild but it is the LIS which is notorious for fickleness. Do you think I was too cautious or would you have done the same?
The trip was through Hell Gate and Plum Gut.
I strongly suggested that we do not tow the dinghy. It is an inflatable with an air floor so wasn't that hard to deflate and re-inflate two days latter.
The owner of the boat couldn't figure out how to hook up his power inflate to a battery and said that the manual pump would not inflate the floor.
We compromised and figured out how to tie it on the fore-deck. It rode there well although it made forward visibility a little harder.
The owner gave me a lot of grief, said he was just kidding but I couldn't be sure about that decision.
So we kept the dinghy on the for-deck for the first day of about 80 miles then towed it the last 20 miles.
The weather was supposed to be mild but it is the LIS which is notorious for fickleness. Do you think I was too cautious or would you have done the same?
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