What are they?
I just found the https://daydreamsloop.blogspot.com/2017/01/ blog about a couple that recently completed the great loop in a C-Dory 25. Their dinghy was a Sea Eagle FT385 inflatable kayak.
I would like to do the great loop 'someday', but in the meantime some shorter river cruising on the Illinois and/or Upper Mississippi is appealing.
No boat yet, but some of them on my short list are:
Ranger R-25 (classic)
Ranger R-27
Rosborough RF-246
C-Dory 25
Albin 25
So, I used to think a small outboard was a requirement on a dinghy, but maybe "oar power" is acceptable? pros and cons of both?
Where do you stow a dinghy on such a small boat?
Are davits workable when the parent boat has outboard power?
If your dinghy is 9' (or even 10') long, and your beam is 8.5', and on davits, could you still get through locks safely?
Can you get a crane on a 25 ft boat to get dinghy on roof?
I was not sure if this should be here or in the "dinghy section". But I would like to hear how others have made a dinghy work on a smaller trawler.
I just found the https://daydreamsloop.blogspot.com/2017/01/ blog about a couple that recently completed the great loop in a C-Dory 25. Their dinghy was a Sea Eagle FT385 inflatable kayak.
I would like to do the great loop 'someday', but in the meantime some shorter river cruising on the Illinois and/or Upper Mississippi is appealing.
No boat yet, but some of them on my short list are:
Ranger R-25 (classic)
Ranger R-27
Rosborough RF-246
C-Dory 25
Albin 25
So, I used to think a small outboard was a requirement on a dinghy, but maybe "oar power" is acceptable? pros and cons of both?
Where do you stow a dinghy on such a small boat?
Are davits workable when the parent boat has outboard power?
If your dinghy is 9' (or even 10') long, and your beam is 8.5', and on davits, could you still get through locks safely?
Can you get a crane on a 25 ft boat to get dinghy on roof?
I was not sure if this should be here or in the "dinghy section". But I would like to hear how others have made a dinghy work on a smaller trawler.