Avon dinghy

[doug748]

Not so fashionable now the old Avon, however.

Has anyone discovered a treatment, application or paint that prevents the black rubber parts making a mess of white topsides? Thanks.

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[Cerebus]

Not so fashionable now the old Avon, however.

Has anyone discovered a treatment, application or paint that prevents the black rubber parts making a mess of white topsides? Thanks.

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What Avon are you talking about?

I only know the redstart (smallest and never owned) the the red crest and then the largest; redseal iirc.

All are grey with yellow rubbing strake.

I treat them with Polymarine cleaner and Polymarine protector.

I think yours is more modern than my two, perhaps.

I love them; so stable and give the feeling of safety (one may get wet if not wearing foulies) but they stay upright unlike some hard tenders.

Give Polymarine a call?

 

[johnalison]

This happened with our 1974 Redcrest when we bought a new boat in 2000. My solution was to buy a new Avon, actually a Redstart in grey, and in practice a better boat than the old one, though for three rather than four persons but with larger tubes.

 

[Cerebus]

This happened with our 1974 Redcrest when we bought a new boat in 2000. My solution was to buy a new Avon, actually a Redstart in grey, and in practice a better boat than the old one, though for three rather than four persons but with larger tubes.

So you are saying grey avons are newer than black avons (that I have never seen an example of)?

And here I was thinking grey avons were old.

If I understand your post correctly?

I have never seen a black Avon. Were / are they made of hypalon?

I will attempt a Google search.

Just found this: GOOGLE states that black Avons called “red shanks” were black and made before the 1970’s.

Although all pictures I found showed no white top sides, just all an black dinghy.

No help to OP except ask Polymarine company.

 

[KevinV]

So you are saying grey avons are newer than black avons (that I have never seen an example of)?

And here I was thinking grey avons were old.

If I understand your post correctly?

I have never seen a black Avon. Were / are they made of hypalon?

I will attempt a Google search.

Just found this: GOOGLE states that black Avons called “red shanks” were black and made before the 1970’s.

No help to OP except ask Polymarine company.

He's talking about rowlocks and the likes, not the whole thing

 

[Ribtecer]

It's the rollocks and the black round spraydeck fasteners that leave the marks.

Shame, but still a superior dinghy to the moden offerings in my opinion.

 

[KevinV]

It's the rollocks and the black round spraydeck fasteners that leave the marks.

Shame, but still a superior dinghy to the moden offerings in my opinion.

Green scrubby and some jif helps, but I think paint is probably the only thing that will actually work for any length of time

 

[paulbrown22]

So you are saying grey avons are newer than black avons (that I have never seen an example of)?

And here I was thinking grey avons were old.

If I understand your post correctly?

I have never seen a black Avon. Were / are they made of hypalon?

I will attempt a Google search.

Just found this: GOOGLE states that black Avons called “red shanks” were black and made before the 1970’s.

Although all pictures I found showed no white top sides, just all an black dinghy.

No help to OP except ask Polymarine company.

The rubbing strake changed colour over the years too - the earlier ones had the yellow band, our 2000 vintage Redstart has a grey with blue band strake around the outside. And a blue moulded GRP engine bracket rather than the metal/wood affair of the earlier boats.

 

[ducked]

Paint your hull black?

 

[Ian_Edwards]

I remember our first Avon in the 1960's it was black with a soft floor, and very difficult to row.
I have a grey one, still in the attic, and hasn't been used in many years. Bought in the late 1980's, it's grey with an inflatable floor, which is much easier to row.
Both round tailed.
The black one was some form of rubber, and marked everything it touched. The grey one is Hyperlon and doesn't mark.
So the original ones were black, the more recent are grey.

 

[dunedin]

Polymarine PVC paint works very well.
We use on our more modern dinghy to stop clothes getting marked by sticky rubber bits after a few years UV.

BUT it isn't cheap, and a tin might cost more than the resale value of an old Avon (but not an issue if ypu love it )

 

[Blueboatman]

Moor it fore and aft alongside with a small fender?

Tether it to the stern with the bow lifted ?

The bad news/great news is that the Avon will probably outlast everything around it.

 

[Daydream believer]

I had a black Avon between 1958 & 69 & threw the plywood insert floor away. It was used as a tender to our Sihouette. The Avon rowed very well & I would row it from Stone sailing club to the other side of the River Blackwater when I was 12 years old to explore the opposite banks..In 1969 My Stella was moored in the Crouch & I changed it for my current grey Avon Redcrest, which now sits inflated in my garage

 

[doug748]

We are saved, AI has harnessed three decades of internet cognition:

"To prevent Avon dinghy rowlocks from marking the hull, you can apply protective measures like using tape or pads, or adjusting the rowlocks to minimize contact. Consider using a durable tape like Gorilla tape or applying self-adhesive foam pads to the rowlocks or the hull where contact occurs. Adjusting the rowlocks to a position where they don't rub against the hull during storage or transport can also help."
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