Dinghy for H42

[eianm]

I was wondering if it is common for H42 owners to carry their inflatable dinghy on the foredeck during a passage- if so - what size of inflatable and is it a RIB? I have a 3.1m Zodiac RIB, but it is too big and too heavy to fit on my foredeck- but when measuring my foredeck today , I am not sure how small I would have to go to get it to fit! I have seen where one of our forum members with a H42 pulls his up onto the transom step and ties it off on the toe rails- but the windage worries me about this option.
Will be interested to hear from any H42 owners as to how they deal with this dilemma please.

 

[KD3PC]

I used a 12' inflatable on P42, but it was too heavy for the wife and I to manhandle it around. I usually inflated it at the dock (it was nigh impossible to inflate and deflate in the water and get it aboard, yes we tried), early in the season and pulled it behind...within a week or two, I attached the port side to the swim platform and tied a line to the startboard side and pulled it up and on top of the swim platform. Butt ugly but it got it out of the water and when the weather kicked up, I could lash it down pretty well.

Admiral hated it, and we eventually bought a light, very light 6.5' pram that we could manhandle easier and had more options where to stow it. We ended up lashing it to the swim platform like we did the inflatable, but it did not stick out past the beam of the boat.

I can't imagine a RIB on the coachhouse unless some rack or bracket raised it off the windows and the fiberglass. We had the staysail midways between the mast and the bow, so that took away the option of stowage on the foredeck.

There are "tender" hangers that allow RIB and inflatables to be attached to the stern, and would meet the admiral's approval...but at least a boat buck or two just for the rack, and another boat buck to have it installed.

Sorry was not more help.

 

[seadaddler]

Davits

Davits is what i use on h36 and friends with h42
Have davits

 

[Lyle]

I have an AB 9'6 RIB with a 15hp Tohatsu mounted on Ocean Marine davits on my P42. It is a heavy rig but works fine in inshore waters but requires braces to secure the aft pulpit to the deck (Ocean Marine will supply these). The davits have a 6/1 purchase to raise the dinghy. I use 2 ratchet cargo straps to secure the dinghy to the davits.

 

[Paul Cossman]

Passage 42 dingy

Hi Eian,

We use a 3.4 meter AVON Rover inflatable with the four-piece wood floor with stringers. For very short protected-waters trips we use a tow bridle. For longer unprotected trips we pull it up over the stainless-steel tubing on the rear quarters and lay it on the aft sun deck, where I deflate the bow section and fold it back out of the way. It sits athwartships. (My wife and I are on the port and starboard side of the dingy and we just pull it up and then balance it on that rail. Then we slide it forward). I then secure the dingy to the radar arch with just a couple of lines to prevent it from sliding around in seas.

When I have been alone I lift it using a four-purchase block and tackle attached to the aft end of the boom. I swing the boom over and attach the tackle to a bridle that slides under the dingy. I lift it, then just swing the boom around and put it on the sun deck.

When we go on any passage that includes more than one night, we pull it up on the sun deck and fully deflate it. The floor boards go in the bathtub, along with the stringers. The dingy gets rolled up, stowed in the original AVON bag, and stowed upright in the forward head shower, tied in place with a light line to keep it upright there on the shower seat.

I agree that davits would be a superior way to go. One day . . . .

However, I can't see leaving a dingy on davits on an ocean crossing. Although it hasn't happened often, we have had seas break on the rear swimming steps, and once all the way up to the sun deck. I think a dingy on davits would have created a real problem under those circumstances. But maybe not. I'd sure like to hear from someone who has davits and has had a dingy on them in rough following seas.

 

[ttac]

Hello, we have a Walker Bay RIB that we put on the forward deck on long passages and we have a davit system we use for short runs and to keep it up out of the water, I will attach photos of it in both places

 

[Akapeterc]

I have an Avon rib on davits but when out in the swell I add a few lashings to it to try and stop the sideways swinging that occurs

 

[seadaddler]

Ocean Marine

I never thought I would wanted Davits on my 07 H-36 but after cruising with our club and out for some 3 or 4 weeks at a time and seeing all the club members with davits and how quick and easy they pull up and out of water and using the dinghy at every anchorage to go a shore I was sold and added Ocean Marine davits with the double cross supports to keep from swaying and I do add extra tie straps when sailing out in the Gulf or traveling in the ICW.
Best thing we ever did and keep my 8hp mounted 24/7 on my 9'6'' aluminum floor dinghy with 6-1 and many club members have ribs on davits also and few CC-42 Hunters with davits.
Just go with the best heavy duty davits if going with rib and outboard and Ocean Marine Davits are very good or others are good too.
Nick

 

[Marc14857]

When going on a longer trip we lash our 10' 2" Zodiac wood floor dinghy to the foredeck. We use the spare halyard to haul the dinghy out of the water and use straps to secure it to the forward ss handholds. In addition to less drag their is considerably less noise from the dinghy running astern of the boat.

 

[eianm]

How long is your walker bay rib?

Hello, we have a Walker Bay RIB that we put on the forward deck on long passages and we have a davit system we use for short runs and to keep it up out of the water, I will attach photos of it in both places

 

[ttac]

Hello! Our Walker Bay is a 10'6". We really like it, with the large tubes it has a dry ride in most case's and it will get up on plane with 4 good size adults on board. We do have the max power on it of 15HP that helps!
Dean