healhustler
Guru
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- Oct 2, 2009
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- Location
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- Vessel Name
- Bucky
- Vessel Make
- Krogen Manatee 36 North Sea
Sometimes I think it would be better if I just towed a back up boat with me.
dan
Yeah, in fact, Janice brought that up not so long ago in the case of Man-a-Tee, a Krogen 36 that tows it's own tow boat, a big inflatable with big ole bull-bars on the front and I think a 40 HP outboard, which through a special stern-mounted hitch, will push the Manatee at 4 knots and has it's own auto-pilot. It would definitely limit one to towing the dinghy underway, but it would do (and has done) the job. He does have a super-heavy mast and cradle setup for putting the dinghy aboard when docking at a marina. I suppose this design was boiled down from many happenings during the boat's 23 loops and 4 down-Island round trips.