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Main Message Board / Re: new to inflatable dinghy - how to store in front of mast?
« on: June 18, 2022, 04:30:42 AM »
We store a 9.5’ AB aluminum dink on the fore deck with a cushion under the stern protecting the deck and the mast. Using the spinnaker halyard to hoist I also hang a ratchet block from the pulpit and lead the painter through and back to pull the boat forward in front of the shrouds. While my wife cranks on the mast winch I can ease it over the lifelines and down to the deck to flip over. I can do it solo but prefer help. The AB seems a lot heavier that advertised! Our old air floor 9’ dink could be pulled up over the lifelines without a halyard. I love the hard bottom but miss the portability of the roll up.