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Initially Posted - 06/19/2002 :  11:45:28  Show Profile
How do you guys handle backing out of your slip with a dinghy in tow? I used to do this with an in board engine but I can't quite envision how to handle this with an outboard motor and outboard rudder. Also I don't have much room to manueve to begin with. All I can imagine is the dinghy fouling me up as I try to back out and turn.
Thanks for the help.
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Response Posted - 06/19/2002 :  12:20:25  Show Profile
It IS a pain! I have a very soft "rope" gunnel bumper on my B. Whaler Squall dink, so it doesn't hurt the boat if it touches. Then, I have a polyprop. painter. I tie it up short so it's less likely to foul in the prop (the biggest concern) I position the dink on the side away from the engine, as I start to back, I let the dink come alongside the hull away from the engine (mine's an oldie on the port side). As I come to a stop, I slowly go forward until the dink follows aft, then I release the shortened painter where it's been cleated off, and let it trail at its predetermined, longer length. When coming in, I pull the dink up close and cleat the line so the dink is just a few feet aft of the rudder. You could choose to tie a knot on the stern pulpit, so it's higher/hence less likely to foul in the prop...

Hope this helps,

Gary B. Encore! C25 SK/SR #685
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Response Posted - 06/19/2002 :  12:44:23  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
With the slip Im in the boat is bow in. This leaves the only place to store the dinghy in the water up near the bow. It sits in the V area adjacen to mine and the next boat to me. I can back out with it cleated off of the bow and then walk it back along the port side when Im backed out. Its either that or stow it on the bow. The Walker Bay isn't heavy and is plastic so bumps dont hurt or leave marks.

Doug&Ruth
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RichardG
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Response Posted - 06/19/2002 :  13:58:07  Show Profile
My motor is on the starboard side. I tie the painter (polypropylene -- it floats) to the port side cleat, leaving about 10' to the bow eye of the dinghy. Before slowly walking my boat back out of the slip, I simply make sure the dinghy is to the outboard port side, behind the boat (actually just behind my port side slip neighber). I sometimes use a boat hook to gently nudge the dinghy into the proper starting position. This way, the dinghy (and its painter) will automatically swing to the port side of the boat, away from the prop, as the boat backs up. The dinghy will thus remain safely away from the prop when you put the engine in forward.

As I back out very slowly, virtually no marks are made when the dinghy touches the port side of the boat. Strategically placed bumpers could be used if you are concerned.

RichardG 81 C25 SR/FK "Sanity"
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