Mike Lowthian
Senior Member
When towing the dink with outboard (9hp) should we leave the o/b in gear or not?
Why remove it when you can tilt it out of the water?if its a long run, you could always remove the prop. It would only take a few seconds.
We tow with it in and in neutral, prop freewheeling .
Tracks better, dinghy doesn't surf, veer and snatch.
Always best to define what "it" is.
The outboard, silly!
The prop has enough bite to turn the power head while towing
It maybe possible at 300 kph
Ever ran a tank dry?Most definitely in neutral. The prop has enough bite to turn the power head while towing
The drag of the leg/prop in the water will/may prevent the dink from racing down the face of a wave. I’ve heard dinghies can actually pass the towing boat when the waves get large. In a thread in the recent past draging a line w a bit of chain would tend to tame the wild dink.
And I agree w MTTraveler that pumping seawater through the powerhead could cause problems. The rubber vanes of the pump impeller should/may reduce volume of water but ......
And Sunchaser if I was a sailboater I could probably think of more to add.
[emoji6] A little drift here.....but yeah.About1 in 20 sailboaters on the Atlantic ICW us their sails on a daily basis.
About1 in 20 sailboaters on the Atlantic ICW us their sails on a daily basis.
Sunchaser,
Most people tow because they usta be sailboaters. Sailboaters tow because they don’t very often overnight in marinas. They like to use their sails and hate engines and they don’t go very far. That limits their exposure to seas that would danger the dinghy. Anchoring out makes towing viable to a great extent. Also less affluent people cruising are less likely to have expensive dinghy handling things like cranes and good davits.
And Sunchaser if I was a sailboater I could probably think of more to add.