Downeaster Yachts.com - Topic: DE32 dinghy storage on deck

Scott Carle on DE32 dinghy storage on deck

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:04:45 -0400

cool 🙂 love to hear if she is stiffer under sail with the lost weight above... I think you would lose close to 50 lbs or better changing out.. did you ever calculate that?

scott

Jonathan Oasis on DE32 dinghy storage on deck

Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:58:34 -0400

Good eyes about the synthetic rigging (dynex dux). I will post a review with many pics when it is finally done! In a few months I hope! Yeah I know, it has been about a year now since I had it installed. It was similar price to wire including labor. The rigger charged $65/hr and did all the work, he is certified to install it by Colligo, the manufacturer. The big question is, now that my staysail stay is synthetic, what will happen with the chafe. The forestay is still wire (that is the part that is not yet finished) and needs replacing with new wire and a new furler (Harken Mark IV, which has a two-track rod). Currently the furler is the old style cruising furler type which uses the forestay wire itself to spool up the genoa, no rod, only hanks, which works well for dropping the mast, unlike rod. (But I have never dropped the mast either, and the rigger was not inclined to try it.)

About the only comment I will make right now about it, is that it is nice to the touch – soft and smooth – so grabbing it while walking the deck is nicer than the wire. Kind of like rod rigging, which is also nicer to grab, than wire rigging. As far as issues, without really sailing with it, I can't say, other than, there were problems installing the synthetic stays with the correct lengths.. so my mast currently is tensioned in a bit of an "S" until the new furler is on, at least.

I also changed out my lifelines for synthetic myself (spectra amsteel blue 1/4"), a fun project and I like it much better than the plastic coated wire, so I would encourage anyone to do at least this with synthetic. Look on Beth Leonard's web site (I don't have a link handy) for a good write up on how to do it with proper strength calculations.

Scott Carle on DE32 dinghy storage on deck

Thu, 10 Jul 2014 21:42:33 -0400

I really want to hear a in depth review of your experience with it also... I have wanted to try this as well. I ended up with wire again just because of cost.. found it for half the cost of the synthetic stuff 🙂

Rick on DE32 dinghy storage on deck

Thu, 10 Jul 2014 20:19:01 -0400

Jonathan:

It appears you have gone to rope rigging (is that the right term?) How do you like it. It seems as counterintuitive as a Catamaran but I've also read some positive feedback. I would think the chafe would be a problem.

Any issues?

Rick

SV Orion

Jonathan Oasis on DE32 dinghy storage on deck

Sun, 25 Aug 2013 00:18:41 -0400

Before I forget this is a pic of my inflatable stowed on deck,fully inflated. Using the halyard I can wiggle it into this position (and over the top deck's hatch window) without much trouble singlehanded (just takes time). Then tie it down in five different dimensions lol. This inflatable is a 12'Zodiac. There's about 2" room to spare between the dinghy and the dodger window so the lashings have to be tight otherwise there will be chafe going on. To deploy the dinghy the only real obstacle is getting it over the middle stanchion where it tends to get caught,I bet installing those small lifeline-roller-wheels would clear that up if it continues to bug me. Of course on-boom flaking the main is a bit trickier but it's not too bad really. Oasis does have davits off the stern but I don't carry the dinghy back there.

Deploying or stowing like this would be much more difficult in strong winds since the dinghy would tend to take flight. Haven't run into that situation yet,usually I have the opposite when sailing,that the wind is dead!

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