Exercised the Dink Today

[Captain Smollett]

Well, I guess *I* go the exercise.   :)

Took the children out for a nice, leisurely row on the lake.  We were out a couple of hours.  Saw numerous egrets. heard some jays squawking from the trees and I THINK I saw a blue heron.

I had plenty of time to ponder two things sail-far related:

(1) - Ways I can fashion a sailing rig on my inflatable dingy.

(2) - Ways to Nano-ify the dink.  Sure, she's a foot or so longer than Nano, and it's not like I can drill into the hull to mount hardware, but hey....I was trying to imagine such a tent-like setup.

;D ;D

[Oldrig]

Hey Capt.

A few years ago there was a company in Corvalis, Oregon, that was selling a sailing rig for inflatables.

The product was called the "Scully Fin," and the guy was named Jeff Jelten.

I couldn't find any recent references to his product, so I don't know if he's still in business.

You might try a more complete web search.

--Joe

[Captain Smollett]

Hey Capt.

A few years ago there was a company in Corvalis, Oregon, that was selling a sailing rig for inflatables.

The product was called the "Scully Fin," and the guy was named Jeff Jelten.

I couldn't find any recent references to his product, so I don't know if he's still in business.

You might try a more complete web search.

--Joe

Thanks!  I'll check into that.

What I was thinking about was something like a leeboard that is an inverted "J" shape, so the hook loops over the tube.  Make a free standing short sprit rig mounted on a cross shaped support, and see what happens.

[Lynx]

There is some rigs for canoes.

This site has some info -
http://www.watertribe.com/

[Captain Smollett]

There's also this one:  SailBoatsToGo