[Rhodes22-list] Bill's Mooring

[Bud Connor]

Bill,
  at a 1/2 mile out, I assume your boat is pretty exposed - do you 
secure to the bow eye, the bow cleat or both?
Also, does your boat ever get knocked down by big wind and waves?

Thanks,
Bud


Bill Effros wrote:

> Richard,
>
> I seldom use the electric because I prefer to row, however, sometimes 
> you have too much stuff, or too many people to be able to efficiently 
> row a small dinghy.  In those situations I use the electric.
>
> I use a very small battery, because I don't plan to go great 
> distances.  My boat is moored a half-mile from shore.  I can do a 
> half-dozen round trips on a single charge of a less than 10 pound 
> battery.  I can easily store the whole shootin' match in my lazarette 
> -- and that's the real point.  The only real problem is when the motor 
> and spare battery are on board when I need them on land, and vice versa.
>
> Some years I store it on the boat.  Other years I store it in the 
> basement.  And somehow it seems always to be in the wrong place when I 
> need it.
>
> That's life, I suppose.
>
> Bill Effros
>
> Richard Smith wrote:
>
>> Although I never ran an energy budget on a dinghy powered by a trolling
>> electric I abandoned the idea for practical reasons, namely because 
>> of the
>> mass of the battery.  If you are anchored out you are going to have 
>> major
>> issues transferring a heavy lead acid battery from the Rhodes to the 
>> dink
>> and back.
>>
>> Granted an electric is very appealing from an environmental 
>> standpoint but I
>> would buy the smallest lightest outboard I could find and mount it on 
>> an 8
>> foot inflatable with a slat floor.   A little Honda is quiet 
>> economical and
>> easily moved about.
>>
>> Richard Smith
>>
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