Where do you store your dinghy/tender motor?

pcator · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:34 am Post subject:

Could this motor push a CD25 in an emergency?

Sarge · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:20 pm Post subject:

pcator,

I believe it is the approximate equivalent of a 3.5 hp gas motor, but with a much more limited range.

I use my boat in the Puget Sound, even the calmest water would be a challenge for this motor to move the boat. With the current and with the wind...maybe. Against the current and wind...nope.

In my opinion, for a CD25 owner, this is strictly a tender motor.

Adeline · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject:

I've finally settled how to transport my new inflatable's motor and here are some images. Out on the water she rides here

When I'm going into a marina she hides in the vee-berth in her crib

.Finally, the raft itself transports down the road like this

and out on the water 2" nylon straps w/ cam-buckles keep her from blowing away. I hope this is helpful for other new "rafters" like myself.

Doryman · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:21 pm Post subject:

Does anyone leave their dink on the cabintop while trailering? Does everyone deflate or put in the cockpit like Adeline does?

Warren

Hunkydory · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject:

Warren

Before the Mokai when we brought our small RIB with us most everywhere we went it depended on the length of trip and altitude changes on whether we stored it or left it on top. If left on top it will create more drag and lower the mileage of your tow vehicle. And altitude changes will either cause it to under or overinflated and that can wreak havoc with how its secured on top.

We left it on top with out problems several times on our 200 mile trips to Yellowstone lake. On our far northern trips it was always tucked away.

In the past when we towed a RIB on a small trailer it was inflated. Went from Wyoming to above the arctic circle in the Yukon and elevations from 0 to over 8000 feet. Was amazing on how much it would shrink and swell.

Jay

thataway · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:15 pm Post subject:

We carried the inflatable on the top of the 22 when on the water. We deflate the current dinghy and store it on the cabin top or in the cockpit in the Tom Cat. Probably do the same for the CD 25. We use an electric pump and it only takes a few minutes to inflate the dinghy.