Storing and Securing the Dinghy on the boat
We don't have Davits, YET! So we store the dinghy on the foredeck. It's lashed down with a line that reaches across the inverted dinghy and tied at each end to the Stanchions.
Not an ideal situation, it's a trip hazard when trying to go forward to work on the Anchor, so looking at the options.
Some boats have chocks to which the dinghy is secured, either upright or inverted. In our case, if the dink was upright, then it would severely restrict visibility forwards from the Cockpit. So we store it inverted and for the same reason, we don't have chocks on which to secure the dink.
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| Footman Loops |
The simple solution would be to install a set of pad eyes or footman straps.
The benefit of using Pad eyes is that they could also be used for other things but the Footman loops are very neat and work great for webbing.
I envisage webbing straps passing over the front and over the aft end of the dinghy, both with tensioners, that would be an easy solution.
| View from the cockpit. |
Looks pretty straight forward. Total of 4 Footman Loops and two ratcheting Straps.
Just have to figure out where the best place to mount the loops, or the Pad Eyes.
I would like to get this done before our planned trip to Jensen Beach in a couple of weeks.
Keeping it safe and simple.
See you on the water.
Paul
