Balbas
Well-Known Member
I have an old fashioned, narrow transom yacht which also has a baby stay on the foredeck. Collapsing and reinflating is a major ballache - although it can be done - so we tend to tow.
The best way we have found is to have it tight up against the transom with the bow lifted out of the water. We have 2 painters, each attached to different D-rings on the dinghy. The first is tight, the second has a fraction of slack in it and acts as a safety in case the first fails.
Admittedly our boat isn't fast, but if we ever get up to 6 or so knots the tender starts to cause a fair bit of drag - we'll go 1/2 a knot quicker with it deflated on board - and the wake is prodigious compared to that of the yacht.
I considered building a nesting dinghy, but I'm not convinced that getting that onboard and nested would be any easier than deflating an inflatable.
The best way we have found is to have it tight up against the transom with the bow lifted out of the water. We have 2 painters, each attached to different D-rings on the dinghy. The first is tight, the second has a fraction of slack in it and acts as a safety in case the first fails.
Admittedly our boat isn't fast, but if we ever get up to 6 or so knots the tender starts to cause a fair bit of drag - we'll go 1/2 a knot quicker with it deflated on board - and the wake is prodigious compared to that of the yacht.
I considered building a nesting dinghy, but I'm not convinced that getting that onboard and nested would be any easier than deflating an inflatable.
