Spyro
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I know some of you will already know this but some might not so thought I'd share this method of getting the dinghy back onboard.
getting a dinghy back on board
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vyv_cox
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I shall be hauling mine aboard in the morning and will try for myself. Looks good but possibly dependent on everything being exactly the right size.
PlankWalker
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Good thing it didn't have an outboard on the back
pagoda
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Thanks Ian,
Never seen the video before -and had no idea I was using an approved method!. Good if single handed, otherwise 1 bod on each side works well too. If your dinghy lives upside down on the foredeck, this is the simplest way (sans outboard....)
johnalison
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If it weren't for the fact that it looks extremely silly, I'd give it a go. What the hell, I'll give it a go anyway.
Sybarite
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You use the same method in life-saving to get a person out of the water - but not that height - say in a swimming pool.
Sybarite
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Does anybody use a halliard led to a windlass?
dslittle
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Sort of. Spinnaker halliard on secondary winch - but needs second person.
Spyro
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Exactly where I got the idea from.
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LadyInBed
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Yes, by far the easiest way on my boat.
VicMallows
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The bouncing idea is good, but I'd choose midships where the freeboard is lower
(never actually had a problem hauling mine on board sideways).
(never actually had a problem hauling mine on board sideways).
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Either the OP is in training for the next Olympic weightlifting team or that technique will only work with a lightweight dinghy. No chance with my Avon 2.6m.
I use a spare halyard and winch to hoick the transom of the dinghy way up so it looks a little absurd, then it is easy the lift the bow by hand using the painter and swing the whole thing onto the coachroof the aft of the kicker.
I use a spare halyard and winch to hoick the transom of the dinghy way up so it looks a little absurd, then it is easy the lift the bow by hand using the painter and swing the whole thing onto the coachroof the aft of the kicker.
ip485
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Davits :--)
Spyro
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No the whole point is you push it down and the buoyancy pushes it back up. That dinghy weighs 31kilos.
Sybarite
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No room.
John the kiwi
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So if you are trying to retrieve a drowning person, pushing them repeatedly underwater is an approved method? Seems rather likely to induce panic in the victim.
Genuinely curious, cos its not a method i have heard of.
Poignard
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Could be a useful defence for someone caught in the act of trying to drown somebody.
simonfraser
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RobbieW
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You dont actually push the victim underwater, at least when I learnt the method about 50 years ago you didnt - one of the Life Saving awards that were around at the time. iirc you get the victim to the wall hands on top, climb out yourself with one hand on top of the victims, grab victims wrists with crossed arms then bounce them out of the water - its more like getting the momentum going for the lift out, never thought about the bouyancy aspect before but I guess that helps.
Edit: Pretty sure the technique came from the RLSS Bronze Medallion
On the boat I use a spare halyard and a winch/jammer on the mast - one man job.
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vyv_cox
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Tried it this morning and although we don't yet have the panache of the OP in the video, we found ithe technique very helpful. Far easier than dragging it over the wires, especially with our ARIB that protrudes downwards quite a bit.