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Storing dinghies forward of the mast as in the photo above has benefits and problems.<\/p>\n

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It makes launching with the spinnaker halyard easy, and raising the dink at night leaving it alongside is simple. And often there is no other location that is practical.<\/p>\n

There are two major negatives. The first is your sight lines from aft, which are now substantially impaired. The second is risk from boarding seas.<\/p>\n

On the other hand using davits has its problems as well. They are not as easy to use as a spinnaker halyard, have risks from following seas, and interfere with Med mooring.<\/p>\n

Our preference is the aft deck<\/em>, where the dink is best protected while not blocking the view forward. This requires a length of around 65 feet\/20 meters in most cases, and allowance from the beginning in the design process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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