I posted a thread on this some time ago but a month later I am still struggling. My buddy and I have a 6ft. Walker Bay dinghy. Our marina has no storage facilities for it and they insist that it not be left in the water. I thought it would be a simple matter of using the spinnaker halyard to haul it off and on the deck but the dinghy has proved much to heavy. When we tried to winch it I thought something was going to break. We are now playing around with a block and tackle but this all seems way more complicated than it should be. So my questions are:
- Should you be able to easily winch a 6ft. hard dinghy on to your deck without a block and and tackle? If so, how do you rig the lines so as not to put undue pressure on anything?
- Do most of you use a dinghy even if you're not planning to row ashore? (I'm wondering whether we should just put it in storage somewhere until we plan a long trip)
Thanks for any help you can provide.
- Should you be able to easily winch a 6ft. hard dinghy on to your deck without a block and and tackle? If so, how do you rig the lines so as not to put undue pressure on anything?
- Do most of you use a dinghy even if you're not planning to row ashore? (I'm wondering whether we should just put it in storage somewhere until we plan a long trip)
Thanks for any help you can provide.