will it sail?

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along with Harmony I also got a Plastimo 240 dinghy

It will motor beautifully with the little Honda on the stern

but will it sail?

I am wondering about some method of using the existing oars are leeboars and using the big wooden duck punt paddle as a steering oar

the rig is the duck punt/optimist rig

plastimo-1-300x200.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ukoYR7pfjI
 
dylanwinter said:
along with Harmony I also got a Plastimo 240 dinghy

It will motor beautifully with the little Honda on the stern

but will it sail?

I am wondering about some method of using the existing oars are leeboars and using the big wooden duck punt paddle as a steering oar

the rig is the duck punt/optimist rig

plastimo-1-300x200.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ukoYR7pfjI
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If you read the two threads currently running on Scuttlebutt and Liveaboard you will realise that boat is the spawn of the devil and you should get rid of it immediately before it disintegrates in front of you.

(only joking - good dinghy, but won't sail very well, although should be a bit of fun trying to).
 
I have a sailing kit for a small Campari inflatable. It comes with a proper mast mount, leeboards and a rudder that fits on the outboard bracket. It sails surprisingly well, even upwind, but isn't quick. When the wind gets up it doesn't really lean over much, the tubes just deform a bit.
 
dylanwinter said:
along with Harmony I also got a Plastimo 240 dinghy

It will motor beautifully with the little Honda on the stern

but will it sail?
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Its in good condition .. unused ??

Sell while it still is.

Buy an old Tinker tramp with sailing rig........ I believe they sail really well
 
VicS said:
Its in good condition .. unused ??

Sell while it still is.

Buy an old Tinker tramp with sailing rig........ I believe they sail really well
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you are right - I think it is unused

tramps are like hens teeth

fetch good prices

this is small enough to live on the foredeck semi-inflated

it will motor beautifully I am sure - which is its main function

but blimey the bottom is flat

I can't wait to have a play with it though

D
 
I remember the Avon Redcrest was available with a sailing kit - using a centreboard case built into the seat. Quite clever (if it worked) because it looked much neater than leeboards.

Won't your dinghy be a bit petite for the whole family? Maybe buy a hard, sailing tender like a Gull for Harmony, using funds recovered from the unsullied, unmodified inflatable?

I think a sailing version of the Plastimo looks like material for the "Fed up with inflatables" thread: http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?387597-Fed-up-with-inflatables&p=4619966#post4619966
 
VicS said:
Buy an old Tinker tramp with sailing rig........ I believe they sail really well
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We had one when I was a kid. Would never have accused it of sailing well.

By far the best inflatable to row that I've ever used though.
 
dancrane said:
I remember the Avon Redcrest was available with a sailing kit - using a centreboard case built into the seat. Quite clever (if it worked) because it looked much neater than leeboards.

Won't your dinghy be a bit petite for the whole family? Maybe buy a hard, sailing tender like a Gull for Harmony, using funds recovered from the unsullied, unmodified inflatable?

I think a sailing version of the Plastimo looks like material for the "Fed up with inflatables" thread: http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?387597-Fed-up-with-inflatables&p=4619966#post4619966
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towing a Gull to Shetland..... let me at it

D

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dylanwinter said:
Towing a Gull to Shetland...
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I'd forgotten you'll be haring along all the way at white-knuckle speeds in a sensitive racing yacht. ;)

You could find a sailing tender once up there. Most of the really cheap dinghies I found on the internet, were without trailers and in places which made transporting them expensive.
 
As a boy I had a cheap & nasty Campari inflatable, we made a rig for it ( the mast was aileron control tubes from a Hawker Hunter fighter ) - the leeboards were simple plates, in that case stainless but wood would be fine, both connected to a rod running athwartships across the top of the tubes, allowing the boards to pivot up for beaching etc.

I forget how the rod was secured, probably lashed to the rowlocks, and I don't remember if we could tack the leeboards or both were down at once, but it worked after a fashion.

I did think I might have to adopt a flexible attitude as to where ' Point B ' at the end of the trip may end up though.
 
Seajet said:
As a boy I had a cheap & nasty Campari inflatable, we made a rig for it ( the mast was aileron control tubes from a Hawker Hunter fighter ) - the leeboards were simple plates, in that case stainless but wood would be fine, both connected to a rod running athwartships across the top of the tubes, allowing the boards to pivot up for beaching etc.

I forget how the rod was secured, probably lashed to the rowlocks, and I don't remember if we could tack the leeboards or both were down at once, but it worked after a fashion.

I did think I might have to adopt a flexible attitude as to where ' Point B ' at the end of the trip may end up though.
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as long as I can make it reach at 90 degress withjout too much leeway then I will be happy

D
 
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Seajet said:
As a boy I had a cheap & nasty Campari inflatable...
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Wow Andy, if you hadn't posted that, I might never have remembered the name of the inflatable I had back in 1982, and for a few years after in increasingly shabby condition.

When I lived at Chidham across the water from Bosham, we had a pond in the garden and the house came with a 7'6" pram dinghy which the owners left. There was just room for both boats in the pond...but far more fun, was putting the blue & yellow Campari upside down on top of the same-sized pram dinghy...not much headroom, but rainproof. Sort of. :rolleyes:
 
Cripes! You're right. I Googled Campari dinghy and that appeared.

Bet it sails well compared with any deflatable.
 
dylanwinter said:
along with Harmony I also got a Plastimo 240 dinghy

It will motor beautifully with the little Honda on the stern

but will it sail?

I am wondering about some method of using the existing oars are leeboars and using the big wooden duck punt paddle as a steering oar

the rig is the duck punt/optimist rig

plastimo-1-300x200.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ukoYR7pfjI
Click to expand...

Why bother with the sailing rig? Just cut a hole in the bottom of the dinghy and fit an outboard well!!!
 
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