Is it Winter or am I just this damn bored? Well here goes with another update. Another small tidbit of information to tuck away in the far reaches of one's mind.
I just finished reading a rather interesting high tech way to use AIS to make sure you never loose your towed dinghies. It involved about a $500 to $800 dollar investment, some magic, and a small mattering of hocus pocus. Well to all of this I would say, "balderdash". Sorry chaps just had to borrow an English term. "Balderdash", no don't think it will catch on any time soon. I digress. All one really needs to do to make sure a your towed dinghies stay in tow. Here is a super simple low tech idea. Prior to taking off on your journey simply take an old ocean fishing reel such as an old penn 209 or 309 spool it up with 20 lb test mono attach the reel on a rail on your boat tie the line onto the boat you are towing let the tow line our from your boat give a pull on the line coming from the reel and set the drag and clicker. That's right, if the tow line is separated from your towed boat the clicker on the reel alerts you that you have lost your tow. Low tech solution to a nagging problem. Works day or night and you don't have to worry about sitting and watching the tow line all the time.
I just finished reading a rather interesting high tech way to use AIS to make sure you never loose your towed dinghies. It involved about a $500 to $800 dollar investment, some magic, and a small mattering of hocus pocus. Well to all of this I would say, "balderdash". Sorry chaps just had to borrow an English term. "Balderdash", no don't think it will catch on any time soon. I digress. All one really needs to do to make sure a your towed dinghies stay in tow. Here is a super simple low tech idea. Prior to taking off on your journey simply take an old ocean fishing reel such as an old penn 209 or 309 spool it up with 20 lb test mono attach the reel on a rail on your boat tie the line onto the boat you are towing let the tow line our from your boat give a pull on the line coming from the reel and set the drag and clicker. That's right, if the tow line is separated from your towed boat the clicker on the reel alerts you that you have lost your tow. Low tech solution to a nagging problem. Works day or night and you don't have to worry about sitting and watching the tow line all the time.