Inflating dinghy/tender onboard

[salgarfi]

Well.., it seems that the possibilities for inflating and deflating a dinghy are many, and perhaps a bit of gymnastics might be involved. In an ideal world, I would love to have a solid/rigid dinghy that needed no inflating, but I can see that storing one on the boat without davits could be a problem. However, I do like the idea of having an inlatable onboard and a grp on land. In all of the places I've looked for possible moorings, there have always been places to securely store them on land, so hopefully that would not be a problem. Thanks muchly for all your responses!

 

[GHA]

Welcome!

Mine gets inflated on the foredeck. Maybe once a year living aboard on the hook should it ever be deflated.

Then pole out and a halyard through a little block which in turn can be pulled out to the end of the pole so up on the halyard so dinghy is above the life lines then pulled out to the end of the pole and down on the halyard and into the water it goes. Halyard attaches to the dinghy with a 4 way bridle no the dinghy sits flat with outboard attached.
So much easier to do than to explain

 

[Kelpie]

If you don't fancy walking through the dinghy, you could always lay it to one side and delicately pass.
Of course you never stand in your inflated dinghy? Or do you?

With the RIB, I inflated it when new 4 years ago, and to keep it up to pressure, put 4-5 strokes of the pump, bi-annually, into each of the 3 chambers.
The solution, with a larger boat, is to have aft davits.

I don't make a habit of standing in the dinghy unless there is plenty of water underneath it! This is for a basic Avon with soft floor.

 

[ex-Gladys]

One point I learnt a few years back is chuck out the crap foot pumps that come with dinghies and use a two way "stirrup pump" much less aggravation on a foredeck that may be rocking gently