The ideal dinghy painter is......

[dylanwinter]

made of rope

that floats

has a bit of stretch

feels nice in the hand

and is available at.....

url appreciated

D

 

[adwuk]

This stuff floats, and (something like it) is mandated in all the junior dinghy classes

http://www.force4.co.uk/liros-float...gclid=CKzM04HF-MsCFcyRGwodmBkBCg#.VwQ7NW1LOrU

 

[VicS]

made of rope

that floats

has a bit of stretch

feels nice in the hand

and is available at.....

url appreciated

D

Polyprop, if it is to float, although its not stretchy

(nylon is stretchy but does not float)

soft multiplait construction and a matt finish to be nice to handle.

THIS IS IT
(flash makes it look shiny but it's not)

Bought a length (end of reel I suspect at boat show) used as painter for many years (but now replaced by something not so nice ... and bright yellow! ) a couple of metres for practising knots (thats thsi piece) and a few short bits for misc lashings.

Dunno where to get it now ...... but it really ticks all the boxes except for stretch

 

[bikedaft]

If you find it on a beach, then chances are it floats...

 

[johnphilip]

Too short to reach the outboard prop when it falls unnoticed off the bow.

 

[dylanwinter]

Too short to reach the outboard prop when it falls unnoticed off the bow.

that is a good point

but then too short for towing properly when the swell is up

 

[FWB]

Has one of these

 

[dylanwinter]

Has one of these

won't that make a floating line sink?

D

 

[FWB]

won't that make a floating line sink?

D

Might do, you can get various sizes. I don't use a floating line since I haven't found a black coloured one...that orange would look awful on my set up. The snubber is essential though, both for towing and when alongside .... Powerboat wash, remember? S.

 

[dylanwinter]

Might do, you can get various sizes. I don't use a floating line since I haven't found a black coloured one...that orange would look awful on my set up. The snubber is essential though, both for towing and when alongside .... Powerboat wash, remember? S.

aesthetics......

v

prop entanglement


I currently sail a Centaur - aesthetics - pah!

 

[Halo]

won't that make a floating line sink?

D

depends how close it is to tender

 

[FWB]

aesthetics......

v

prop entanglement


I currently sail a Centaur - aesthetics - pah!

Aesthetics

Another advantage of a long keel, less worry about the prop. I am careful when selecting astern though.

 

[VicS]

Might do, you can get various sizes. I don't use a floating line since I haven't found a black coloured one...that orange would look awful on my set up. The snubber is essential though, both for towing and when alongside .... Powerboat wash, remember? S.

Any body who uses black rope as yachting rope, for any purpose, must be " a good fe w metres short of a full coil"

Polyprop, if it is to float, although its not stretchy

(nylon is stretchy but does not float)

soft multiplait construction and a matt finish to be nice to handle.

THIS IS IT
(flash makes it look shiny but it's not)

Bought a length (end of reel I suspect at boat show) used as painter for many years (but now replaced by something not so nice ... and bright yellow! ) a couple of metres for practising knots (thats thsi piece) and a few short bits for misc lashings.

Dunno where to get it now ...... but it really ticks all the boxes except for stretch

this looks like it might be the stuff

see http://www.go-kayaking.com/2561/products/floating-rope-8mm-orange--price-per-metre.aspx

 

[FWB]

Any body who uses black rope as yachting rope, for any purpose, must be " a good fe w metres short of a full coil"

Why?

 

[RichardS]

Why?

Indeed. The really posh boats in the celebrity marinas all use black mooring lines and black fender covers.

Black is the new white. :encouragement:

Richard

 

[fireball]

The correct dinghy painter is the bit of line that you've found in the locker which serves no other useful purpose at this moment in time so you can tie it to your dinghy ...

If you're taking it into a marina then tie it tight off the stern - no lines to worry about then ... if you're reversing into a berth then put it off the bow instead ... or put a crew in it to row it to the right place ...

 

[dylanwinter]

Aesthetics

Another advantage of a long keel, less worry about the prop. I am careful when selecting astern though.

Centaur aesthetics

I have now bought 10m of floating ugliness from force 4 as per the link

 

[bikedaft]

Centaur aesthetics

I have now bought 10m of floating ugliness from force 4 as per the link

love it

remember and keep those fenders out for maximising winding up potential

 

[Gwylan]

Is cheap


Try RopeLoft or OutdoorXscape

 

[Rivers & creeks]

Any body who uses black rope as yachting rope, for any purpose, must be " a good fe w metres short of a full coil"

Why? Dock lines, main halyard and Yankee sheets are all black.