Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Adding a Wheel to the Dinghy

I know you've dragged your dinghy up onto the beach -  not easy is it?  And here in the Salish Sea, this task is even more difficult and harder on the dinghy because the beaches are all gravel - sometimes even barnacle covered gravel. Mike of s/v Chalice shows us a way to make the task into a one-man job, and one that protects the dinghy bottom to boot:
Wouldn't it be nice to just wheel your dinghy down to the beach or up the beach? I got the idea from Harry Bryan in Canada.
http://www.harrybryan.com/harrybryan/

Some Pics of what I did.

From Update_July 20, 2016



From Update_July 20, 2016



From Update_July 20, 2016


Installed. I had to cut a hole in the boat and build a well for it. Not hard and no maintenance issues with the 1" stainless tube and plastic parts.

From Update_July 20, 2016

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