Advice on towing a dinghy from a small boat

[steve yates]

Thx all, been towing it since thursday, out in f4 gusting 5 and 6, no problems so far and so very handy to have at hand. Its tied right up to the stern cleat, when nanouvering in windy gusts around moorings etc it can try and press the tiller over, but a bit of grunt power. With boat wellreefed down and still hitting 6 knots in waves of a metre or so it was fine.
As i would try and avoid sea states forecast as rough, think it can stay there.

 

[AngusMcDoon]

Think laterally. Stick a big hoofing outboard on your dinghy and use the dinghy to tow the boat. ?