dinghy on foredeck..
hey guysI currently have an 8 foot WM dinghy that I store upside down on foredeck. easy to yank up with spinnaker halyard. However as my 3 kids grow the dinghy seems to be shrinking. Ideally I'd...
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Brad We store a 10 foot Walker Bay Genesis on the foredeck for blue water passages. Lifting the dingy is a breeze with a spinnaker halyard and an electric secondary winch. We simply tie the halyard to...
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Thanks Addison! Very helpful. I would love the 11 foot but figured it was too big. So you use an electric winch in the cockpit I assume? Is it doable with the windlass? The few times I tried it the...
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An idea might be to install a folding pad eye on the fore deck to which you could attach a snatch block to flatten out the sheet angle into the capstan on the anchor windlass. The same pad eye could...
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I store a Zodiac on the foredeck. I built a frame with 2 x 4 sits on the tubes and the deck with carpet pads. I also built a little block to fit in the transom of the dink. It keeps the dinghy off...
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pdrimmer wrote:One caveat. The jib sheets will foul the boat. One mistake in a stiff wind will do all kinds of damage. I solved the problem by running a length of line from the aft lifting handle of...
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We've put the dinghy on the foredeck for 12 years and 27,000 NM. It's an 11' Apex. I use the spin halyard and the cabin top winch. I have a three point adjustable strap that stays on the inside of...
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Ok- sounds like I'll have to play around some but it's definitely feasible to store it there. Thanks for the info Brad
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I put an eleven foot Boston Whaler tender on my foredeck without any problems. When I snug it up against the mast, I still have a few inches clearance to get the anchor locker open. It's an easy job...
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Thanks group9. After looking at and researching various RIBs for the past few weeks I had just decided to check out the tried and true Boston whaler as well. I'm thinking the ondeck profile might be...
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We also have an 11' Apex that goes on the deck outside (same as Addison, it goes on the davits at night at anchor). I made up a large block-and-tackle to act as a boom brake, out of Selden 80...
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Any way you could take a pic of your block system? I can twist my base of masts spin halyard around and run it forward and I'm trying to figure out the mechanics behind adding additional leverage. I'm...
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See if this works. I sent the pics to an ASA Instructor I know in Mears Point. Not sure how long they stay available on Picasa Web...
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worked great- pics came through great. Looks like a nice system- I guess you haul up you halyard some and cleat off is so all you have to mess with is the working end of the block system. Makes life...
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