hi we sail on the south coast of the uk on a 35/33 ck and were
wondering what inventive ideas people have for tenders since theres
lots of room on deck and one day may travel further afield…
we will carry a 9ft avon with solid floor and transom,
but would also like a second tender as if someone wants to go ashore
from an anchored boat its a good to have a second boat for those
left on board if they need to get ashore this becomes more of a
problem with kids on board
it must be possible to motor it at speed
it should row well for putting out a kedge
it must be a good fast fun sailing boat for longer trips
it would be good to have something as a more useful alternative to a
liferaft to enable you to sail out of trouble rather than sit there
in an unseaworthy body bag of a craft which is only of use if someone
can pick you up (il carry the raft too in case of dire need)
options
1 fatty knees type dinghy
2 4m rib
3 two piece dinghy bolting togrther at centre thwart, parts nesting
4 multihull possibly a pacific proa type bolting together in the
middle, two halves and ama stowing in the footprint of a normal 12 -
14 ft dinghy
1 the conservative comonsense option
but i would get bored sailing something that slow and it would get
rolled in breakers
2
many people swear by a rib certainly for uk waters fine but no good
if it breaks down and unless you make a sailing convertion, cant sail
it
3 as per 1 but more hassle to put together but takes up little room
4 24-28 ft proa, highly stable, capable of 15 -20 knots under sail
capable of good speed with outboard and would be safer on dodgy
beaches as its a pacific ocean craft designed to surf in at speed
and two french blokes sailed one across the atlantic so is seaworthy
but loads of hassle to put together, can you row it? and nobody does
this sort of thing at all?
i wil probably end up with 12 ft clinker effect grp sailing dinghy
which will be great but im hankering after something rather less tame!
anyone have any ideas /experience
all the best phil downey
Walker Bay 8’ or 10? But with the sailing rig, it’s a bit pricey.
Fatty Knees is a great tender but really expensive. You might find some used
ones.
There are also some really nice dinghies you can get in kit form – the Mirror
Dinghy comes to mione.
And LOTS of plans out there. Do a Google Search for finhghy plans and you’ll
see hundreds.
Steve Gaber
Sanderling, 1967 C-31 #77
Oldsmar, FL
---- phildowneyuk <phildowneyuk@…> wrote:
hi we sail on the south coast of the uk on a 35/33 ck and were
wondering what inventive ideas people have for tenders since theres
lots of room on deck and one day may travel further afield…
we will carry a 9ft avon with solid floor and transom,
but would also like a second tender as if someone wants to go ashore
from an anchored boat its a good to have a second boat for those
left on board if they need to get ashore this becomes more of a
problem with kids on board
it must be possible to motor it at speed
it should row well for putting out a kedge
it must be a good fast fun sailing boat for longer trips
it would be good to have something as a more useful alternative to a
liferaft to enable you to sail out of trouble rather than sit there
in an unseaworthy body bag of a craft which is only of use if someone
can pick you up (il carry the raft too in case of dire need)
options
1 fatty knees type dinghy
2 4m rib
3 two piece dinghy bolting togrther at centre thwart, parts nesting
4 multihull possibly a pacific proa type bolting together in the
middle, two halves and ama stowing in the footprint of a normal 12 -
14 ft dinghy
1 the conservative comonsense option
but i would get bored sailing something that slow and it would get
rolled in breakers
2
many people swear by a rib certainly for uk waters fine but no good
if it breaks down and unless you make a sailing convertion, cant sail
it
3 as per 1 but more hassle to put together but takes up little room
4 24-28 ft proa, highly stable, capable of 15 -20 knots under sail
capable of good speed with outboard and would be safer on dodgy
beaches as its a pacific ocean craft designed to surf in at speed
and two french blokes sailed one across the atlantic so is seaworthy
but loads of hassle to put together, can you row it? and nobody does
this sort of thing at all?
i wil probably end up with 12 ft clinker effect grp sailing dinghy
which will be great but im hankering after something rather less tame!
anyone have any ideas /experience
all the best phil downey
Our “innovative” idea for extra tenders is that we bought a couple of
inflatable kayaks and paddles.
The deck space of our F33 would probably have held hard kayaks quite
well also, and we know many other sailors who use hard kayaks.
In any case, you don’t need a particularly high performance kayak–you
will probably be paddling for only an hour or two mostly, not all day
or for a week-long camping trip…
They don’t fit your criteria very well, but here are our thoughts
about them…(no motor, sailing rigs aren’t real good:
The inflatables don’t paddle quite as well a hard kayak, but any
kayak can paddle circles around any rubber dinghy being rowed.
They don’t carry a lot of groceries, but they will handle a trip to
town or a picnic just fine. They aren’t good for ferrying people
to/from the boat.
Getting in from a ladder is tricky, but very do-able.
They are perfect for exploring the anchorage or general area
slowly, and especially if you don’t all want
They are light and easy to pull on deck
They are really great for letting crew parties separate, which can
make a cruise much more pleasant. (Especially if you get two singles
instead of one double)
I used to have an F33/35 ck. The first years, I used a German made
rubber dinghy with motor board on the transom and wood floorboards.
Heavy, dirty (black stripes all along my freeboard) and too bulky to
stow below decks. Later, I bought a second hand Walker Bay 8’ dinghy
with the simple sail rig. Very nice boat, sails like a little charm
and is light enough to pull it on board by myself without davits. My
main reasons to buy it were the low weight, the material(no black
stripes and you need no fenders; it’s polyethelene) and most of all:
it’s designed to be trolled. I trolled the WB8 several times back
and forth across the North Sea without any problems in moderate
weather. I also could stow it up side down on the coachroof while
sailing. In this way, I could also keep the front deckhatch open at
sea.
I now have some more space on deck on the F44 and a bigger family,
so I’m contemplating upgrading to a Walker Bay 10’ with sailrig. I
really grew fond of the Walker Bay dinghies. Perhaps you’re in the
market for my WB8?
We could meet half way the North Sea to do the handover! Or I could
bring it by car to Zeebrugge or Calais where you could pick it up.
hi we sail on the south coast of the uk on a 35/33 ck and were
wondering what inventive ideas people have for tenders since
theres
lots of room on deck and one day may travel further afield…
we will carry a 9ft avon with solid floor and transom,
but would also like a second tender as if someone wants to go
ashore
from an anchored boat its a good to have a second boat for those
left on board if they need to get ashore this becomes more of a
problem with kids on board
it must be possible to motor it at speed
it should row well for putting out a kedge
it must be a good fast fun sailing boat for longer trips
it would be good to have something as a more useful alternative
to a
liferaft to enable you to sail out of trouble rather than sit
there
in an unseaworthy body bag of a craft which is only of use if
someone
can pick you up (il carry the raft too in case of dire need)
options
1 fatty knees type dinghy
2 4m rib
3 two piece dinghy bolting togrther at centre thwart, parts nesting
4 multihull possibly a pacific proa type bolting together in the
middle, two halves and ama stowing in the footprint of a normal
12 -
14 ft dinghy
1 the conservative comonsense option
but i would get bored sailing something that slow and it would get
rolled in breakers
2
many people swear by a rib certainly for uk waters fine but no
good
if it breaks down and unless you make a sailing convertion, cant
sail
it
3 as per 1 but more hassle to put together but takes up little room
4 24-28 ft proa, highly stable, capable of 15 -20 knots under sail
capable of good speed with outboard and would be safer on dodgy
beaches as its a pacific ocean craft designed to surf in at speed
and two french blokes sailed one across the atlantic so is
seaworthy
but loads of hassle to put together, can you row it? and nobody
does
this sort of thing at all?
i wil probably end up with 12 ft clinker effect grp sailing dinghy
which will be great but im hankering after something rather less
tame!
anyone have any ideas /experience
all the best phil downey