dinghy + motor

[delta]

All -

I'm curious what dinghy and outboard people are using - and especially
how they store or towing for cruising. I have no davits nor do I want
to install. I have towed for small trips but have had problems and
want to stow the dinghy and motor while underway. How many are
hoisting the outboard to the rails and stowing the raft on the bow?
And if you are - what is the weight and method of hoisting for your
outboard?

Thanks

[shhhhhhh.]

We put on an Arch from Kato in Annapolis and have an 11ft RIB w/ a Honda 20 on it. For the most part we LOVE it. The longshaft 20 is a little to long for our particular RIB but LOVE the arch which got everything up off the deck and out of the way, allows us to easily pick up the dink with or without engine, has work lights for grilling and loading at night, and is even an enhancement for swimming which is big with the kids... Pics available if you'd like to see more.

My $.02
Sean
Liquidity 2009 b49

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[Larry Olsen]

dinghy Arch

 

Ditto for Play Hard, our 49. We towed the 9' rib around for 1 year hoisting it onto the foredeck with the spinnaker halyard and lifted the 6 hp outboard off a bracket on the stern, what a giant pain in the butt (never mind time consuming when you need to put a stern anchor or shore tie.

 

We put an arch and now leave the outboard mounted and can be 'operational' within minutes of anchoring, the only way to do it in our opinion.

 

Larry

[Jim Innes]

We use an Achilles inflatable floor and store it and the motor in the sail locker... 

Jim Innes

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[David on S/V Waterfront]

This thread could go on forever.....

With young kids, that want to tow tubes and skis, fish, prawn and
crab, and get away from parents, we needed a "real dinghy" to keep
them happy. ( The old 10 ft with a 4 hp on the rail wasn't cutting it
anymore)

However with a dry weight of about 550 lbs, at 12 feet long, with a 30
hp four stroke, the problems are as follows.
No chance for the foredeck....
No motor on the rail.
No arch strong enough (Kato wouldn't even try).
Loss of 1 to 1.5 knots towing it....

Only solution was a custom set of Nick Jackson Davits.
I posted an image a while ago, see Dinghy Davits.
Ours is a low rise solution, for coastal waters, that isn't cheap.
It is, however, in the water running in 30-60 seconds....
And your hands don't get dirty, and your back never sore....

Or then again, we could all wait for the twin rudder, rear garage,
that Beneteau missed on the 58, and instead buy a Bavaria 55 or a
Jeanneau 57....

David
SV Waterfront

On Sep 13, 10:33 pm, Jim Innes <jgin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We use an Achilles inflatable floor and store it and the motor in the sail locker...
>
> On Sep 13, 2010, at 9:22 PM, Larry Olsen wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > dinghy Arch
>
> > Ditto for Play Hard, our 49. We towed the 9' rib around for 1 year hoisting it onto the foredeck with the spinnaker halyard and lifted the 6 hp outboard off a bracket on the stern, what a giant pain in the butt (never mind time consuming when you need to put a stern anchor or shore tie.
>
> > We put an arch and now leave the outboard mounted and can be 'operational' within minutes of anchoring, the only way to do it in our opinion.
>
> > Larry
>

> > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:42 PM, shhhhhhh. <smallworlddes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > We put on an Arch from Kato in Annapolis and have an 11ft RIB w/ a Honda 20 on it. For the most part we LOVE it. The longshaft 20 is a little to long for our particular RIB but LOVE the arch which got everything up off the deck and out of the way, allows us to easily pick up the dink with or without engine, has work lights for grilling and loading at night, and is even an enhancement for swimming which is big with the kids... Pics available if you'd like to see more.
>
> > My $.02
> > Sean
> > Liquidity 2009 b49
>

> > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 1:49 PM, delta <javierh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > All -
>
> > I'm curious what dinghy and outboard people are using - and especially
> > how they store or towing for cruising. I have no davits nor do I want
> > to install. I have towed for small trips but have had problems and
> > want to stow the dinghy and motor while underway. How many are
> > hoisting the outboard to the rails and stowing the raft on the bow?
> > And if you are - what is the weight and method of hoisting for your
> > outboard?
>
> > Thanks
>
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[Mike]

We also have a KATO arch with lights and really like it. Posted a
photo in files.

Mike and Sharon
Charmed Life B49 2 cabin

[Bob]

We have a 10' Mercury with inflatable floor with an electric motor 30
lbs We store the dinghy on the foredeck and use the spin halyard to
hoist, no problems.

Bob, Braveheart, Branford CT.

On Sep 13, 1:49 pm, delta <javierh...@gmail.com> wrote: