What sort of Dinghy?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Iota
  • Start date Start date
I

Iota

Guest
It looks like I will have access to a drying outhaul mooring. The bottom is shale and some rocks. I am allowed 10 ft boat but that could flex to a maximun of 13 ft. What would the assembled good and great recommend that i look for. I hope within 5 years to have a deep water swinging mooring for the bigger toy.

thoughts?

Iota
 
Do you mean it's a dinghy launch, that is you can haul the boat out on a launch trolley so it's clear of the water, or do you mean it will be beached on the shore and may float at times.
It makes a big difference.
And is it secure? Would you want to leave a nice dinghy like this National 12

46201_1.jpg
or a Laser 13

45668_1.jpg


Or could you squeeze a Wayfarer at 15' 10" in?

page_3_pic_2.jpg


or would a slightly rougher boat be better?
Would you need to drop the mast when leaving it?

So many questions. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
half tide mooring with roughish bottom. I am veering towards something roughish that can take the ground and not be destroyed.

Iota
 
Home Built?

Our current dink (bit over 10 foot), which rows and sails like a dream, is a Danny Green design called Cameleon, a two-piece job. Its taken many, many hits on reefs, etc. and I made the skegs from sacrificial timber for when they get wormy out here.

The current version (first one stolen), I made from 5000 series alloy using 2.5 mm for the bottom plates and 2.0 for all the rest, final result was 1/2 the price and 2/3 the weight of glass over ply.

It was still stitch-and-glue (sort of): for the stitching, I tack welded alum fence wire onto the cut sheets, then twisted together, then tack welded.

If you cant weld, you can still do 90% of the work yourself with wood working tools.

Best yet, when you get a larger boat, it can be a dynamite tender!

If you want more details, I can email an article I wrote and am going to get around to marketing One of These Days about it.

Best regards,
Michael
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page

Top