Do a lot of motorsailing in the Puget Sound, and after trying every tow option I now bring the dinghy in very close to the stern. The dink rides in the comparative smooth water directly behind the boat, and is protected from beam seas. Never had cause to regret this technique.
@conallocuinn4072 жыл бұрын
I see the dingy high up to the transom rail so that only the back part of the dingy is in the water. Then very little resistance and most of the weight born by the boat and little wave strain on either the D D rings. Does anyone see any problem with this?
@vinniesdayoff39685 жыл бұрын
I thought the rope or bridle should pass through the D rings and continue back to the transom where they are secured. This takes most of the shock loading away from the D rings.
@scottburch1006 жыл бұрын
I've always used a bowline knot to attach lines to the tow points. The two half hitches will tighten up in bigger waves.
@sailingnordicsun71995 жыл бұрын
I just found your channel. I subscribed. Keep the videos coming. Happy Sailing.
@LukasKuhebacher-ks9ql Жыл бұрын
The bowline is tied wrong
@billgallagher55526 жыл бұрын
There should be on the bitter end of the half-hitch considerable length of 6 inches or more. When there is a lond on the line, it will tighten up taking some of slack on the bitter end. Comprising the knot.
@canadianreel70136 жыл бұрын
Good tips, well explained!
@perfstaas71882 жыл бұрын
The rope from the boat to the dingy...is it going corecty over the railing? It looks like its resting on a fensepool?
@Tiger_Luv Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip👍
@rodneytaylor62614 жыл бұрын
I would attach tow line with a bowline finished with round turn and hitchs....a longer tow line will reduced shock loads ...if using a heavy dinghy and/ or in bad you can even place a weight half way down the tow line even a oil bottle full of water... Any thing to increse water friction this will work as a shock absorber
@HaysClark Жыл бұрын
If your first concern is "1. Don't lose the dingy" then you should not tow it. Sailors should know that this practice is based on convenience and not actual safety. Inflatable dingy can flip more easily than people think (even in coastal cruising conditions) and it will likely happen at the worst moment. A performant monohull or cat today can easily reach speeds where the dingy is plaining and it only takes the right wave or combination of waves to flip a towed tender. Conditions like standing or square waves, wind against tide waves, or other steep waves with short amplitude are perfect for flipping dingy over. A flipped not-rigid dingy will easily rip out all three D-rings and if you ware really unlucky and have stretchy poly lines you have lines or even metal being flung back at the transom or worse at dangerous speeds. I too was in the camp of thinking towing a dingy was harmless until I witnessed it first hand while under sail in the PNW.
@jasoncreed63962 жыл бұрын
Great vid thank!
@tomhermens769811 ай бұрын
Where is the h in dinghy?very good. Most sailors dont know. I normally like to put the dinghy on the deck. More work, more security!
@LorneVaasjo4 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't want to be the one to untie your knots. A short length of bungie inline reduces the jerk force.
@kylefng3 жыл бұрын
Great video! How about operating in tight spaces? Just snug her up?
@SailFanatics3 жыл бұрын
John, Absolutely, good point. even with floating dingy line, if you stop and then back on the line, it can get sucked the prop. You can guess show I know that...
@jinxedchef6 жыл бұрын
great vid.
@spelunkerd5 жыл бұрын
Every day on the water I hear somebody on channel 16 who's lost a dinghy. I never knew it was so difficult.
@markbrown3324 жыл бұрын
spelunkerd I heard that there is thousands of dinghys floating the ocean's. I have a 30 foot sea ray. My tender is an old sea doo jet boat with twin engines It pulls like a dream Lol.
@conallocuinn4072 жыл бұрын
Happened to me three times, all due to my sloppy tying of the line to my boat. No excuse. Happened once during the night at anchor and discovered it only next morning. Followed the wind and found it on high water level on opposite shore. No damage, but another lesson learnt!
@williamanderson9714 Жыл бұрын
i can't seem to find any retailers that can get me this davit system. Do you know if I can get this system in the seattle area?
@kimosabi8605 жыл бұрын
Well Done. Thanks s/v Tikiti-boo
@akkemik4 жыл бұрын
hi, could you please show us how can we install first time lazy jack system for mainsail? Thx in advance. best
@dinghyrings98605 жыл бұрын
Hello Sail Fanatics. Are you interested in testing Dinghy Rings and writing a review?
@ludwigvonmises16 жыл бұрын
Why not a bowline to the tow ring?
@SailFanatics6 жыл бұрын
Probably fine if you put a good tail on it, I've just had a personal experience of losing a dingy secured with a bowline, cant say why other than the little boat just disappeared somewhere astern.
@wm42856 жыл бұрын
try using a full hitch first to attach ( prevents friction ) & then follow-up with the bowline
@briansaid17305 жыл бұрын
@@SailFanatics that may be due to not using a proper bow line, as you showed on the D ring...(that was not a classic bowline)
@jwiswall5 жыл бұрын
@@SailFanatics Look up a Yosemite finish (or tie off) for bowlines. It's from climbing, but it changed the way I tie my knots. A standard bowline will loosen under dynamic loads (the repetitive jerk load from wave action).
@fatboyfat21844 жыл бұрын
How about trailing a line from the dinghy instead 👍
@ladygardener1006 жыл бұрын
D I N G H Y?
@omniking34792 жыл бұрын
...For the simple fact that if ever the cruising vessel becomes compromised why don't more sailors tow dingies for safety reasons? Anyone 🤔
@Graimthu15 жыл бұрын
In support of your dingy bridle method, the video below is of a couple that had both side attachment points pull off their dingy necessitating a dingy rescue. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4KraIxsdpxmp68
@davidmambrose42106 жыл бұрын
a what hitch? sounded like crockers hitch
@SailFanatics6 жыл бұрын
Here's a definition and explanation... www.animatedknots.com/roundturn/index.php
@DaDude9996 жыл бұрын
He said trucker’s hitch. Looked like a figure 8 on a bight to me.
@SailFanatics6 жыл бұрын
You know your knots well, I have used the wrong name for that knot, you have the correct name. After checking Grog's I will instead use the directional figure 8 for this application www.animatedknots.com/fig8directional/index.php
@mikenagy938 Жыл бұрын
Sorry, I don't think there is a good, safe way to tow your dingy. It isn't seaman like to tow, and only tow for short distances if you must. When I sailed in the straight of Georgia there were calls almost daily where someone had sunk their dingy and couldn't get it back, or dingy loose and endangering everyone. This is just one of those distasteful jobs you have to do each time you go for a cruise, get your dingy on deck or in davits at the stern.
@whitefields55956 жыл бұрын
There are very few reasons to ever tow a dinghy in open water