Funny...I saw the photobucket image of that dink as said, "that looks like something Graham would have drawn....then looked up the Spindrift. It has been on my shortlist of possible designs to build. Nice to hear some first hand comments. Wonderful job Howard! You aren't going to want that rascal just sitting around without lock and key. Beautiful. Tim -----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Howard Audsley Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 2:38 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Old fashioned British dinghy towing (quotes) Interject? Please do! (Not sure what some of us would do without Connie's sage advice). The hard dinghy I built.......and it has a daggerboard trunk! http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n165/haudsley/Picture260.jpg I've not towed it, but intend to in a few months....if nothing else just to see how it works. Bad news is it's a two part nesting job, so it's two boats (bathtubs?) in one. You can put a self bailer on these to let the water out but that's only for half the boat. Dragging a painter is new to me.....but if nothing else would be a good trolling line to catch one of those big stink pots!! Howard On Mar 9, 2009, at 4:16 PM, chbenneck@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Hi gang,
May interject a note of warning?
If you have a hard dinghy that has a centerboard (daggerboard) trunk, make certain that you have a cover with a good gasket for the trunk that can be firmly fastened in place (wing nuts at both ends is best).
Otherwise you may experience - as we did - what a wonderful sea anchor a dinghy filled with water can be.
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