SAILING TIPS
Steve Colgate Shows You How to Safely Manage Towing a Dinghy Under Sail or Power
Here are more great sailing lessons to keep in mind when you are towing a dinghy underway. Watch this video and keep these helpful hints in mind:
- Keep the dinghy painter tied up short when maneuvering under power to prevent getting it tangled in the propeller
- Wrap a full turn around the cleat base for better control when you want to ease the dinghy out
- Tie the bitter end of the painter to a stanchion with a bowline as backup security
Want to learn more?
Take sailing lessons with Offshore Sailing School. In any of our cruising courses you learn and practice how to properly control the dinghy under tow. This comes in particularly handy when you are bareboat cruising, preparing to anchor or get underway. You want to look smart! In our Bareboat Cruisiing and Live Aboard Cruising courses you learn how to do this the right way.