{"id":2161,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:13:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:13:44","slug":"towing-a-rib-inflatable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/towing-a-rib-inflatable\/","title":{"rendered":"Towing a Rib Inflatable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">\n<p class=\"Body\"> I am familiar with your suggested method of towing a regular inflatable by running lines from eyes on transom, forward and down through the lifting handle. Now I have just bought a new RIB and wondered how you recommend towing one of these babies! It has a D-ring glassed in the bow, near the waterline. Would this be the best place to tow from??<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"> Thanks so much for your response!&#8211;Rodd <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">\n<p class=\"Body\">Hi Rod: For short distances the D-ring is probably OK if it is strong enough. This means a U-shaped stainless bolt which is perhaps 3\/8&quot; (10mm) in thickness&#8211;which has a large hardwood backing block through which it passes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am familiar with your suggested method of towing a regular inflatable by running lines from eyes on transom, forward <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/towing-a-rib-inflatable\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-talk","category-seamanship-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36418,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161\/revisions\/36418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}