Storing outboard in tender
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Rivers & creeks
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Biggest issue is the weight of the engine. Manhandling 40kg on a pitching stern is going to do someone an injury. Fine on a fine day but not with any swell. It makes me think that a foam or frame insert in the RIB is going to be best, that way RIB and engine come out together, but shifting 40kg of engine off the RIB floor and onto the transom is going to hurt if you have to do it often; would a 5HP be better? About 24kg and would still move that size of RIB very nicely.
Magnum
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I did agonise over this point for some time. If two-strokes were still available we wouldn't be talking about this but as the powers that be have decided we must have 4-strokes I had to decide between one of the lightest and compact 10HP twin cylinder models available or any number of lowered powered single cylinder outboards. The problem with 4-stroke singles is they vibrate like hell making them quite unpleasant to use. Twins just purr in comparison plus the extra power is quite nice when the time is right. Like much of yachting, the choice was a compromise. If it gets too heavy then there will be a nearly new Suzuki outboard for sale soon!
What I really want is a new Tohatsu 10HP 2-stroke, but a Caribbean trip is the only way I'll be able to get one. We are planning to do the ARC in 2012 so maybe then.
Juniperskip
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I would have thought you have 4 options. Pushpit mount as you mentioned (with a lift arm), Foredeck chocks (lift the whole dinghy on spinnaker halyard onto the chocks, motor up and pointing aft), foam insert in the dinghy whilst in the garage (does the packaging it comes in offer a template?) and lastly when doing the ARC ship the lot to meet you in St Lucia. A number of people did this in 09 organised by Peters and May. We did it with windsurfers.
We lift on the foredeck for shortish transits all the time and works well.
Getting excited yet???????
We lift on the foredeck for shortish transits all the time and works well.
Getting excited yet???????
Blueboatman
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Getting there but....
Well, if it was me, and single handedly manhandling the dinghy aboard, I would undo the o/b clamps and slide the motor over and into the dinghy, lay it onto its 'correct' side, couple of fenders or something, and a light lashing, then lift the dinghy up and out.
And there lies my problem with the S'ton pic. I would want a couple of discrete rollers to protect those lovely teak edges,( but which will not cause peole to roll on them as well, hmmm) also perhaps a couple of wide low teak 'sacrificial' rails going forward into the garage, so that the dinghy can be lifted at the bow, and block and tackled sideways into stowed position using a tackle attached to the forward internal transom, basically all with one hand? If the tackle had a jammer on the free end, the dinghy would effectively be automatically lashed securely tight up against the forward bulkhead.
With respect, I wonder if other boats' garages have become slightly more evolved to maximise ease and capacity?
Well, if it was me, and single handedly manhandling the dinghy aboard, I would undo the o/b clamps and slide the motor over and into the dinghy, lay it onto its 'correct' side, couple of fenders or something, and a light lashing, then lift the dinghy up and out.
And there lies my problem with the S'ton pic. I would want a couple of discrete rollers to protect those lovely teak edges,( but which will not cause peole to roll on them as well, hmmm) also perhaps a couple of wide low teak 'sacrificial' rails going forward into the garage, so that the dinghy can be lifted at the bow, and block and tackled sideways into stowed position using a tackle attached to the forward internal transom, basically all with one hand? If the tackle had a jammer on the free end, the dinghy would effectively be automatically lashed securely tight up against the forward bulkhead.
With respect, I wonder if other boats' garages have become slightly more evolved to maximise ease and capacity?
Magnum
RIP
Yes I amI would have thought you have 4 options. Pushpit mount as you mentioned (with a lift arm), Foredeck chocks (lift the whole dinghy on spinnaker halyard onto the chocks, motor up and pointing aft), foam insert in the dinghy whilst in the garage (does the packaging it comes in offer a template?) and lastly when doing the ARC ship the lot to meet you in St Lucia. A number of people did this in 09 organised by Peters and May. We did it with windsurfers.
We lift on the foredeck for shortish transits all the time and works well.
Getting excited yet???????
I have decided to get a cradle made out teak or Iroku to fit inside the tender plus a suitable pushpit mount for short trips. I think this gives me the best of both worlds.
I will need something to protect the skeg or should I say protect the deck from the skeg.
Thanks for all the helpful suggestions