... you can zip tie a water activated air horn around their neck?
I haven’t seen that before. Aren’t you concerned about blowing out their eardrums?
... you can zip tie a water activated air horn around their neck?
I haven’t seen that before. Aren’t you concerned about blowing out their eardrums?
That's the meanest comment I have ever read on TF. Why in the world would you tie the poor little critters up when you can zip tie a water activated air horn around their neck? Works good for us.
It’s really meant for getting to the water, or to a tender on a bigger boat. To get to the dock, you would use a passerelle off the stern, or a Marquipt type ladder from the side of the boat.
I may agree with the ugly part of your comment, particularly on such a small boat, but the design is very functional for water/ tender access on a large boat. Dock access is from the side, or from a passerelle when med moored.
I have often thought a transom like a pickup truck , the ability to be opened to have a very open cockpit , and be used as a swim platform would be nice.
The dink could be driven aboard every night keeping it safer in many ports. And the dink outboard if not tiny would be a "get home" setup till the gas ran out.
We have always had steps with storage on all our floating docks, getting on or off never an issue.And where is the passerelle on that boat? Not one in sight. And even if one was present, the lowest step would have people walking right into the passerelle hardware.
This picture captures the problem. Floating dock, tight quarters... leaving no way to take a simple step from the dock onto the boat. Just a narrow strip along the outside, with a grab rail that's likely problematic for guest use.
There's nothing "very functional" about this specific example at all.
I'm all for design choices and many boats do an excellent job of integrating modern looks while retaining good functionality. This just isn't one of them, imnsho of course.
We have always had steps with storage on all our floating docks, getting on or off never an issue.
The dink could be driven aboard every night keeping it safer in many ports. And the dink outboard if not tiny would be a "get home" setup till the gas ran out.