robstracey
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I read the article on dingy cryising in july's PBO (427) and I was wondering if this is realy practical? If so, does anyone have any ideas on what needs to be done to a GP14 for this? Any ideas apreciated.
Dingy Cruising
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kgi
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Yes, the main thing is to make sure the boat will not invert, as it will be a bloody nightmare getting it up again. two good bailer buckets, tied in on long tethers, pair of elvstrom self bailers, good padded toe straps, tiller extension with hoop on the end like they use on yachts (you will be surprised how tired your hands get). reinforced rudder, on my wayfarer we tore it off going to the scillies from penzance, one of the type you get from the london dinghy centre with the one peice alloy stock will work, beef up the pintles with a few layers of glass and large washers, sleeping onboard is only for the masochistic, two good paddles, compass preferably one that you can fit to the boat, all basic safety gear of course, webbing/mesh pockets down each side to stow every thing, its great fun i would recommend dry suits, because if you do turn it over its definitely a co-ordinated effort to get it upright again. the thing to do is get every thing you think you need and then try to pack it into the boat, then take a good look at what you have and try to halve it...........its really good fun...........keith
jimi
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NigelAmes
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I used to sail a 16ft Falmouth Bass Boat with my wife and young son. We had a lot of fun with it and looking back did some crazy things. BUT, eventually we found that we were taking more and more equipment VHF, GPS 12v Battery and this was affecting the boats weight and performance. The final straw was a week in the Solent when it rained every day. The effort of turning the boat from a boat into a hotel where we could cook our meal and then sleep was too much. We needed something with a cabin so that we didn't have to put the tent up and then dry everything before setting up the bed. Gosh its making exhausted just thinging about it!
