A kayak, or anything else on tow, surfing into you is easily prevented by using a tow line that's longer than one wavelength. I've towed seasick students in kayaks through 6' breakers without trouble. On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 12:39 PM <casioqv@usermail.com> wrote:
I've also had a really really bad experience towing a kayak behind an M15 on SF Bay, when the weather picked up and I was surfing down breaking waves. The kayak wanted to accelerate down the waves and ram the boat, and then would try to flip or swamp. Tying it close caused it to want to flip, and fill with water. I was single handing, and couldn't leave the tiller to try different solutions, so ended up steering with one hand while stabilizing the kayak with the other for a very long time.
I will never again tow a dinghy of any kind behind a sailboat unless I am in very protected water like a small windless lake. Especially since there are so many options for dinghies that can store aboard an M boat.
Sincerely, Tyler
----- Original Message ----- From: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Cc: "Rusty Knorr" <rustyinafrica@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 12:23:02 PM Subject: M_Boats: Re: Inflatable dingy for M15
Man, I had the absolute worst experience towing a hard dink with my M15 on the first Salish100, I will never do that again! I do have an Avon Redcrest that came with my new M15 that I thought I might tow on the next S100, but…Dave’s comments give me second thoughts. Probably will go without like on the last one. David Young tows an inflatable on his M17, Tramontana with no issues, so it’s tempting to try it.
Dave, if you were to pull it in close enough to slightly raise the front and get it out of the waves to minimize drag, would that improve things?
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