s/vYOLO You Only Live Once Swab’s Log Blog
Posting Date: Saturday December 8, 2013
Las Olas Marina, Ft Lauderdale, Fl.
Mooring 9
December 2, 2013 Monday
Blog Entry 0026 Sailing Seniors Adventure Day 194
Subject: The art of hoisting the dinghy:
·
Down
the ladder to disconnect the gas container from the outboard, hoist it up and
secure it on the deck.
·
Back
down the ladder to secure a guide line to the outboard motor, remove the
outboard motor from the stern (back) of the dinghy, hoist it up over the
railing, all the while preventing from spinning (which it does – hence the
guide line don’t want the engine or propeller hitting Captain Steve in the head
or worse scratching the boat; preventing it from tipping (which it does – hence
the guide line, don’t want a problem with the gas and oil) and hoist it over the railing and secure it to
the stern railing.
·
Back
down the ladder to the swim platform to remove the seat from the dinghy and
hoist it up. Since the dinghy will
be suspended from the stern of the boat by
2 cables when we travel, in order to keep it from swinging (and believe me, it
does swing) the dinghy has to be tied in 8 places, 4 of which are from
underneath the dinghy, VERY TIGHTLY! So
it is really difficult to tie 4 lines under the dinghy, in the dark, while
leaning off the swim platform while one hand holding on to the guide line.
In daylight the entire process usually takes about 30
minutes – well it took us about 50 minutes because it was so dark under the
dinghy. So we decided to get up an hour
early in the morning 4:30am instead of 5:30am to finish. But the majority of the work was done.
Lesson learned – when preparing to travel – make sandwiches
in advance! Or open the galley up – it
is easier to secure the galley than the dinghy in the dark or have swim
platform lights installed Right, like that’s going to happen!
Oh please let this weather window stay open!
Sea u
later. Subject: Wishing on a Weather Window.
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