It has been a lovely day anchored near Brooklin, Maine. From cold rain and the first use of the heater this year, to thick fog this morning, to a warm sunny afternoon we’ve seen an amazing array of weather.
We don’t like being underway in fog, but at anchor, as long as we are inside and warm, it has a nice effect.
0900, the fog has burned off and folks are already sailing. The little schooner above is one of John Alden’s Malabar series.
Later in the day the a variety of small sail and oar powered craft put out from the Wooden Boat School.
And the sky hints at the sunset to come.
Sunset does not disappoint. We end the day aboard a nearby Willard 40, watching as the light lingers,
Then it is back to Wind Horse and our work on the FPB 115.
Posted by Steve Dashew (August 8, 2011)
August 10th, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Hello, Steve and Linda, I would appreciate your input on this, what do you think of keeping the outboard engine (mine’s a 60 lbs 8hp Yam two-stroke) on the inflatable,(9foot rib) hanging on the dinghy davits all the time?
Thanks!
Gilles.
August 11th, 2011 at 4:00 am
Hi Gilles:
There is no fixed answer to dinks on davits. Depends on theboat, risk of being caught from behind by a breaking sea, what happens to stern trim with heel, etc. In general, for offshore work, we prefer to avoid davits.
August 11th, 2011 at 7:55 am
Hi again, it’s not so about the dink on davits as about the engine on the dink…Half the boats we see carry the outboard installed on the dink. And half keep their outboard off the dink when under way…is a RIB made strong enough to always have it’s motor “on”?
Thank you again!
Gilles
August 11th, 2011 at 8:45 pm
It does not seem to me, Gilles, that an outboard motor stored on a dinghy in davits would be much of a load. But I would check with the builder just in case.