How big is your tender?

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Fantasie 19 said:
You think your AX3 is small, you should have seen my old AX2.. :D
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:)

One of the boats we chartered had an AX2. We tried to use it (four of us on the yacht) to get ashore in Fowey on a calm evening.

I got in. Started the motor to check it was ok. Stopped it again (2hp with no clutch).

Two of the other blokes got in. Definitely no room for the fourth. "We'll do two trips, I'll drop these guys off and come back for you."

Set off. Travelled along the boat from stern to bow.

Started to think "this dinghy really is rather small".

Emerged from round our bow, travelled about another boat-length.

Another small tender crossing the harbour threw up the tiniest of ripples. It sloshed comprehensively into the dinghy.

Turned around, got back on the yacht, and called the water taxi :D

Pete
 
laika said:
Don't forget 5) a small and precarious tender gives you an excuse only to ever be seen ashore with your willowy and glamorous friends, as the salad dodgers have to stay on the boat
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But I am one of the salad-dodgers, and I want to get to the pub! :)

Anyway, that was a list of reasons to have a cheap boat, not a small one.

Pete
 
northwind said:
I've just reread this, as it was puzzling me, how did you manage to take the tender to the ship inn? :) - Could you not have walked down the pontoon???!!

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Heh.

The jetty there is not the visitors' pontoon. That's where we should have landed and left the dinghy (actually we landed on the sailing club jetty due to some outboard trouble) - the visitors' pontoon is a little way upriver, and not attached to the shore.

Pete
 
Another 2 tender person here! Redcrest which lives in the club toast rack and is the mooring shuttle, and an XM230 which lives on board. Rolled up its a perfect fit across the back of the cockpit, and a very nice backrest, and inflated is just big enough to fit me, the missus, and 2x folding bikes in bags.
 
prv said:
Heh.

The jetty there is not the visitors' pontoon. That's where we should have landed and left the dinghy (actually we landed on the sailing club jetty due to some outboard trouble) - the visitors' pontoon is a little way upriver, and not attached to the shore.

Pete
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PRV,

you keep calling Itchenor Reach a river; there may be the odd trickle going into it but when I sailed Int 14's there from Ithenor SC and visit now & again I always thought it was a channel !
 
Seajet said:
you keep calling Itchenor Reach a river; there may be the odd trickle going into it but when I sailed Int 14's there from Ithenor SC and visit now & again I always thought it was a channel !
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Fair enough, I'm not local. It feels like a river, that's all.

Pete
 
northwind said:
In an Anderson 22, it feels more like an ocean :cool:
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You've no doubt tried it then ?

3 Andersons have raced across the Atlantic, and you're welcome for a sail on mine next season.

44% ballast ratio, 7'7" beam - ballast and form stiffness, mine has done 24 cross-Channels and beat into a 7 with prolonged squalls of 11 while
offering comfort below, how about you and your boat ? :rolleyes:
 
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We have had all sorts from 3.1m Zodiac down, as SWMBO hates dinghies.

We have a Wetline 2.3m roundtail which was bumpy and wet for the 2 of us, 3 was a real adventure. It is now in the garage.

We bought a Walker Bay 8 with the inflatable tubes, its like heaven. Stable and dry. We store it on the foredeck for passages, but tow it for weekends. As it has a sail kit, its also fun for that (we had a Tinker Tramp Star Traveller, too heavy).

SWMBO is happy.
 
Seajet said:
You've no doubt tried it then ?

3 Andersons have raced across the Atlantic, and you're welcome for a sail on mine next season.

44% ballast ratio, 7'7" beam - ballast and form stability, mine has done 24 cross-Channels and beat into a 7 gusting 11 while usually offering comfort below, how about you and your boat ? :rolleyes:
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Pah, that's rubbish compared to Shrimpy. And anyone who says that comfort below whilst beating into a 7 (gusting 11? :D)is delusional. On that basis, I can't be taking up any of your review recommendations on tenders!
 
FullCircle said:
Pah, that's rubbish compared to Shrimpy. And anyone who says that comfort below whilst beating into a 7 (gusting 11? :D)is delusional. On that basis, I can't be taking up any of your review recommendations on tenders!
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For many people, Shrimpy would have been a tender! We had Caprice just like Shrimpy and it was claustrophobic just day sailing down the river and back - I read the book in amazement!
 
FullCircle said:
Pah, that's rubbish compared to Shrimpy. And anyone who says that comfort below whilst beating into a 7 (gusting 11? :D)is delusional. On that basis, I can't be taking up any of your review recommendations on tenders!
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FullCircle,

Pah nothing, but I agree comfort is relative; my crew had poor waterproofs during the F11 exploit and became hypothermic, shut down in a near coma - which would happen in any boat, it was Easter years ago and we had a lot of spray, occasionally green water.

I would have got him into the shelter of the saloon but I had my hands full with no autopilot then, so thought it better to press on as it was only an hour or so to port ( where he sprang into life ).

The cabin was indeed a comfy haven and is jolly comfortable most of the time, I doubt any boat would have been one's choice in those conditions - if Scotty was available with his transporter, ' beam me up ! '
 
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We initially had a Yam 2.4 slatted deck with hard transom which was fine for two adults and two small kids. A few years ago I replaced it with the Seago 270 Airdeck. It is big enough for four adults and with a hard transom and inflatable keel too, it's great to drive. The Honda 2hp will get it up on the plane with my light 14st on board!! Packs small and is light enough for me to carry on my own. Great build quality with proper rowlocks.
 
Seajet said:
FullCircle,

Pah nothing, but I agree comfort is relative; my crew had poor waterproofs during the F11 exploit and became hypothermic, shut down in a near coma - which would happen in any boat, it was Easter years ago and we had a lot of spray, occasionally green water.

I would have got him into the shelter of the saloon but I had my hands full with no autopilot then, so thought it better to press on as it was only an hour or so to port ( where he sprang into life ).

The cabin was indeed a comfy haven and is jolly comfortable most of the time, I doubt any boat would have been one's choice in those conditions - if Scotty was available with his transporter, ' beam me up ! '
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Yadayadayada.
 
Funny how those who start an argument I had no intention of run out of steam; how about listening to what I say about sailing in general then judging it rather than concentrating on my signature, I'd hate to think you're another second rate ill-wishing git like Tranona.
 
Seajet said:
Funny how those who start an argument I had no intention of run out of steam; how about listening to what I say about sailing in general then judging it rather than concentrating on my signature, I'd hate to think you're another second rate ill-wishing git like Tranona.
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Oh, I am more than a second, third or even fourth. I should think they rate in thousands.
 
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