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    BOSUN’S BAG

    Nov 20, 2020 4 minutes
    WORDS TOM CUNLIFFE
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    MARTYN MACKRILL

    TOWING DINGHIES IN A FOLLOWING SEA

    Last week I was asked about towing tenders. As is so often the case, my interlocutor was looking for a catch-all answer to a problem that really has no satisfactory solution. Now that I sail a ‘modern classic’, I can no longer ship a decent stem dinghy or a nice Nordic pram, so I have signed on with the hordes condemned to limp ashore with the wet bottom that awaits all travellers in inflatables.

    A real dinghy is a joy, but when cruising between anchorages there is always the temptation to tow it rather than

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