Thread: Towing Dinghys
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Old 07-28-2016, 11:42 AM   #36
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Originally Posted by Ka_sea_ta View Post
By the way have you tried towing the inflatable with a bridle that has two loops, the loops go around the tubes at the rear and rest against the transom... the middle of the bridle goes through the front eye forming the attachment point for the tow line... This way the load of towing is not the forward eye but the where the tubes attach to the transom...

I am trying to picture this... You create two loops that go around and behind each of the tubes but as they go forward are run through the towing eye on the bow? The back end of the loops apply the force on the back of the transom but are guided by the towing eye?
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