How do you launch your tender from your boat?

[capnsensible]

 

[Sandy]

My boat floats. ?

 

[Stemar]

The correct way to board a liferaft...

 

[johnalison]

Neat, but I don’t think I’ll be trying it. Great scenery though.

The biggest revolution in dinghy launching for my came when I finally realised, after about thirty years, that it was much easier to do so from the cockpit than the foredeck, without the bother of humping the dinghy forward to inflate it.

 

[LadyInBed]

The biggest revolution in dinghy launching for my came when I finally realised, after about thirty years, that it was much easier to do so from the cockpit than the foredeck, without the bother of humping the dinghy forward to inflate it.

It's the opposite for my boat, small cockpit and a foredeck that the inflatable fits on.
Inflate on foredeck with 12v pump, tip it over the side then walk it round to the transom to lower the ob on if needed.
For retrieval, engine off at transom, walk inflatable forward, tie the painter to a spare halyard and winch it up onto foredeck where it stays inverted and tied down until I'm ready to head for home ( a week or month later).

 

[martyn78]

......VERY carefully.
Been wet (and a new phone required) more than once!

 

[penfold]

They're slumming it; these days the cockleshell heroes have a special secret squirrel chamber that bolts onto the Astute class which allows them to deploy underwater for added drowning.

 

[capnsensible]

They're slumming it; these days the cockleshell heroes have a special secret squirrel chamber that bolts onto the Astute class which allows them to deploy underwater for added drowning.

The underwater caravan of death.

 

[TiggerToo]

[serious mode] by lifting it over the rails with the spinnaker halyard [/serious mode]

 

[Minerva]

Someone needs to tell those Comando folks, they'd be better off installing davits off the back of that sub. Save humpfing that big tender about.

 

[Bathdave]

[serious mode] by lifting it over the rails with the spinnaker halyard [/serious mode]

Me too

 

[ashtead]

An electric winch helps to lift bag from locker and swing into water . Ideally would have a bridle to attach the halyard so you can lift out of water at night if anchored to hold alongside . Looks like they have chosen good location for their run ashore but a lack of bars maybe ?

 

[john_q]

I have an aluminium bracket in the dinghy with wire attached to the 3 lifting points, The bracket is attached to the mizzen halyard, the lifting rope is routed to a sheet winch. SWMBO (72 years) can lift it for me each evening - no problem

 

[rotrax]

We have just invested in a 'superlight' Talamex inflatable floor 2.4 dinghy.

It is less than half the weight - 14 kilos - of the previous Sun Sport. I am hoping it is as durable.

We store it upside down on the pilothouse roof. It is easy for me to climb onto the roof and slide it over the side. First Mate guides the sticky out bits past the rail. The painter is tied off and we have never found it difficult to twist it the right way and lower it in. I then move it to the swim platform where we use my home made outboard crane to put the heavy Suzuki four stroke outboard on.

First Mate has just made a cover for UV protection, using her Christmas Present, a used HD Sewing machine with a walking foot. Her posh cover is even colour matched.....................

 

[DJE]

They're slumming it; these days the cockleshell heroes have a special secret squirrel chamber that bolts onto the Astute class which allows them to deploy underwater for added drowning.

It did occur to me that surfacing a bloody great sub in daylight spoils the element of surprise a bit.

 

[Gwylan]

Carefully and remembering to attach a line before launching.

 

[capnsensible]

It did occur to me that surfacing a bloody great sub in daylight spoils the element of surprise a bit.

Good practice though before you do it in the dark.........

 

[Buck Turgidson]

I chuck mine over the side then dive in after it!
Probably looks less cool .....

 

[wully1]

I pick up my Qlite with one hand and gently lower into the water...

When I bought it I thought it would be dead in one season but it’s still going strong.

 

[John the kiwi]

In my case with my hard nesting dinghy which lives upside down on the foredeck, I pick up each half, put it right side up and drop it into the water. Each half has its own painter so take the painters aft, climb into the stern section, garbe the bow section and mate them together. This is actually easier to do when floating than when on dry land.
Critical Control Point. Don't let go of the painter for the bow section as it blows downwind quite quickly!