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RE: Water, water but no beer!

in #sailing7 years ago

Hi, The dinghy is a hard-bottem RIB: Brig 330. Engine is 20 HP. Total weight with engine is 150KG. I lift her whit Davids on the back of the boat and never put off the engine. Very easy and fast.

A good dinghy alows you to anchor further off (More chain, more space, more security).

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In Norway, engine has to be less than 10 HP or else the children won't be allowed to use it. So we have a 9.9 HK engine (in reality it's a 15 HK engine).

Oh, the rules also states that the boat should not be able to go faster than 10 knots. I think ordinary march speed on the dhingy is 20 knots. Details, details ...

Our david is dimensioned for lifting a simple rubber boat without engine. I believe it's physically possible to lift up the RIB with it, but some few small waves and the whole thing will be destroyed, hence we always tow the RIB.