We used to tow our dingy behind our sailboat.

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NancyandBud

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Our new 22 has twins and I'm scratching me head on where to store the Honda outboard when the dingy isn't in the water.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.
 
Put the Honda in the dinghy on the roof. I am not a fan of the 2 hp Hondas, so I have a Merc 3.5 hp which weighs 30#. We currently are using the Torqueedo, travel 1003, about the same weight. Wrap either of these, up ion a carpet, and put them inside of the inflatable (we carry a 9 1/2 foot air floor, hoisted with the Gauerhart davit. The motor rides fine there. Did this with AK, as well as many other trips.
 
Hi, we also have twins, and agonized over where to store a dinghy (and what kind to get, how much to spend, etc.) We finally bought an Achilles LT2 and carry it on the cabin top with a little 6 foot long plastic kayak on top of that. It looks a bit cumbersome but the overall weight is not too much. It is certainly convenient, and frees up the cockpit, and when you are behind the wheel it is invisible.
 
Don't know if I can do this on the tablet but I will try:

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Harvey
SleepyC :moon

Didn't work but you can look in my photo album under SleepyC Portraits and see where my dinghy rides, and I have twins, plenty room for that little 2 pony kicker in the cockpit on a bracket.

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Nancy and Bud":1v1txg51 said:
Thanks to all who replied.
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We are noodling over the possibilities.

We only have 5' from the radar dome to the back of the cabin top.
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You can put the dinghy on top upside down and over the radar dome. Radar will shoot through the dinghy just fine. With a piece of about 1/2-3/4" starboard, you can make a mount for the 2hp Honda. On our Tomcat, I have it screwed into one corner of the cockpit. In brief, it's just a board that extends above the gunnel. On the back side of the board, I have drilled/routed out two round depressions for the motor mount screws to set in. It's easy to make. The easiest way is to use two pieces of starboard and a hole saw of the appropriate diameter to cut holes in one board. Then double up the boards.
 
The upside down method seemed to hold promise but I went out to look.

Here is what I have on the forward cabin top.

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It appears that if I turned the dinghy upside down over the radar dome, the antenna mount would be right where the dinghy tube would rest resulting in damage to the dinghy.



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Nancy and Bud":3qentz0p said:
The upside down method seemed to hold promise but I went out to look.

Here is what I have on the forward cabin top.

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It appears that if I turned the dinghy upside down over the radar dome, the antenna mount would be right where the dinghy tube would rest resulting in damage to the dinghy.



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The antenna mount can be moved and the holes filled. You can buy a mount that attaches to the handrail. Then you can snake the antenna cable around the corner and under the brim so you don't put a hole in the (sometimes cored) roof for the cable. Another fairly common location for an antenna mount is on the side wall a little aft of the running light. That location loses some height (equals reduced distance for transmission) so I prefer the hand rail mounts.
 
Mine is mounted on the roof, but so that it penetrates the roof under the brim (i.e. more forward) instead of into the cabin. Imagine a line extending the handrail until the cabin wall is cleared. Mine has a doubler of Starboard on the underside to distribute the load better. But, I also have a much bigger antenna than shown in the pictures.
 
rogerbum":3u3e6ol1 said:
You can put the dinghy on top upside down and over the radar dome. Radar will shoot through the dinghy just fine.
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I know this is the case with traditional RADAR, but when I looked into this a while back for broadband RADAR - all I got were shrugs. Couldn't find a definitive answer.

Has anyone tried this setup with broadband?
 
hardee":3v9fs7x4 said:
Don't know if I can do this on the tablet but I will try:

posting.php


Harvey
SleepyC :moon

Didn't work but you can look in my photo album under SleepyC Portraits and see where my dinghy rides, and I have twins, plenty room for that little 2 pony kicker in the cockpit on a bracket.
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Harvey, the next time we get together, let's sit down and i will walk you through posting pictures! This is probably the one you wanted to post:

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Da Nag":266fxwl3 said:
rogerbum":266fxwl3 said:
You can put the dinghy on top upside down and over the radar dome. Radar will shoot through the dinghy just fine.
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I know this is the case with traditional RADAR, but when I looked into this a while back for broadband RADAR - all I got were shrugs. Couldn't find a definitive answer.

Has anyone tried this setup with broadband?
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I haven't tried it but the frequency is still in the same general area and that passes through plastics/rubber etc. without (much) attenuation. If anything, I'd think it would be even less of a problem with chirp since the detection is more sensitive. But that's theory and as we all know, "In theory, theory and practice are the same but in practice, they're different." :lol:
 
I'll toss out a theoretical tidbit for someone to test: could be the attenuation of the radar signal depends heavily on the type of plastic/rubber/wood the dinghy is made of. To wit, stuff made of (essentially) hydrocarbon-based material such as polypro, maybe vinyl, and hypalon, is relatively transparent, but more polar materials such as polycarbonate and most types of wood may knock down the signal significantly. You could test this easily by shooting through a cheap vinyl wading poll, dry, then doused with running water ... probably a worst case situation.
 
Are we still talking about where to mount the dink outboard when you have twins? I placed mine behind the cabin bulkhead, opposite side from where the door opens. Similar to Barry's but a more substantial bracket. I used wood but Starboard would be good. The bottom of the bracket is supported by the elongated step. Sorry no pics. The wood one I made was supposed to be a trial run template but it turned out so good, I kept it.
The bottom of my 2.5 Suzuki sits one inch off the cockpit floor, easy to store, and never in the way. Perfect place on a 22 unless you have an outside helm that is.

Martin.
 
I have a garelick motor lift that my kicker used to live on. I moved the kicker to the other side and put it on a custom swim step I had made. I left the garelick mount on there because someday I'd like to have this problem! The little dinghy motor will go right on the garelick. For now it's a decent rod holder for a deep drop rig off the stern.

I just figured that the little dinghy motor is still a motor and could come in handy in a pinch, so why not store it someplace it could also be useful?
 
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