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How to Pull a Heavy Dinghy Up a Beach SOLO!
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- čas přidán 16. 08. 2024
- In this short video I show you an easy way to pull a heavy dinghy up a beach solo. Our dinghy is about 300 lbs with the engine and it is pretty tough to pull it up a beach by myself. Even with two people it takes a good amount of effort to get it above the high water line. Using a simple block and tackle system I can get our dinghy as far up the beach as I want (given I have enough line). Comment below with your thoughts.
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Here is another video using rollers (fenders) to haul a large dinghy up the beach • Using Rollers to Haul ...
I used to do this back in my 30s. Sucks doesn't it? I used the small boats anchor and just reset it every 20 feet or so. Didn't need to carry as much line that way. Actually used the dinghies anchor line.
Now I use dinghy wheels. Trust me it's better and worth it, at least when you get older. I think we will do a video on it soon .
And how do you get it back in the water?
I jammed a Danforth anchor in Cedar Key sharp pebbles, oyster shell, & sand and pulled 350 lb. Chrysler 13 sailboat w a 3:1 bl. & tack. .
It’s a very creative idea but, wouldn’t some Beachmaster wheels be easier lol
Same question here.
Well done .. now get us back in the water chief 👏🏻😬
You can also use a couple of your fenders as rollers, just pull the tender over them.
def a great idea, It certainly would reduce the friction of dragging through the sand. You would still have the weight to haul up the berm though. I wonder if it is doable with fenders without a block and tackle.
+1 one on fenders as rollers. The berm on that beach looked steep. Probably would still need the block and tackle with fenders as rollers but way less effort. Fenders are easier with two people so you can keep the boat balanced. Going back into the water is easier because gravity is on your side. Two 6-8" diameter fenders should work for your dinghy.
Another alternative would be a pool noodle cut in two to create two simple rollers under the dingy to reduce friction. Easy to just keep them in the dingy as don’t take up much room.
Even 4:1 tackle is a lot of line. Rollers make sense
4 1/2 minutes to say, "Use a block and tackle" invented around 2,000 years ago and used by sailors ever since.
GREAT IDEA! Will keep this in mind for future beach missions as we always lock ours up too. We've got a Highfield classic 340 with a 15hp and 25ltr tank. It's a mission to pull up the beach but worth the trade off for fishing and diving out of (we recently did a FAD run - 11miles off shore) I can highly recommend the Beach master boat wheels from NZ. We put them on and they're great in sand, obviously the softer the sand the heavier it is to push. We might get the removable ones next time though as they tend to spray water on us in swell. Also keeping the fuel tank low helps with the weight :-P
Carry a few fenders and use as rollers under boat? Swap to front when they roll off at back.
czcams.com/video/fkytVO4AzuI/video.html wouldn’t work solo though.
seriously? you discovered the block? WOW
I designed a new main sheet system for my boat using the same theory. I had a huge main. The boom was 13 foot long. It had a 4 to 1 system. I had a ststem made up.that changed it to 5 to 1.that made z huge difference. I could sheet the main with one hand. Before it was a struggle
"Look down! Look down! Don't look 'em in the eye. Look down! Look down! You're here until you die."
Hi Billy, always enjoy your tech talks.....a set of fold down transom dollys makes work a little easier to. I also find pulley blocks and sand don't always mix well, reckon low friction ring array might be preferable (but, got to use what you have). I'm not sure if the physics support this but certainly psychologically, if you rig your working end (pulling end you are hauling on) opposite to the direction of pull (in this case down the beach) and also pull from the anchor block (block which is not moving) then it will feel like you get a better purchase with less effort.
Oh yeah.....you could also use a tripod for your camera and get Siera to give you a hand ;)
Im putting the engine on a big modified dolly. And use retractable wheels for the boat.
Nice trick , better trick is how do you put it back in.
SO what are you doing to get it back to water?
It's much easier using a retractable launching wheels
How are you getting it back in the water?
did you watch until the end?
You could use a small danforth or CQR type anchor to bury in the sand at waters edge to pully the boat back down to the water!
@@mattpower8394 I was thinking the same thing.... if you have to use mechanical advantage to move an item uphill there will be a need for slightly less advantage to go downhill. The dinghy anchor would probably be enough. Time consuming to set up but, enough.
@Marcel D using fenders as rollers under the dinghy as your trying to move it is a good idea too! All this speculation just proves there is always more than one way to do something. Just pick the method that works best for you.
The more pulleys/ blocks/ (whatever you want to call them), the more line you will need, the easier it will be to move anything, i.e., the bigger your advantage will be. At the same time, there will be more line you will have to keep neat and tidy and blocks/hardware to carry around. It's a trade-off. That's boating! A Compromise.
definitely functional
Doesn't work here in the UK we haven't got any palm trees ha ha 😅
🤣🤣 you can tie it to a rock.. ya got plenty of those don’t ya? haha
@@TulasTechTalk oh yeah we got a ton of them. Ha ha
how do you get it back in water?
You can do the same thing with a small Danforth anchor. I have one that is a Hooker brand. I scared my now wife on our first date. I told her I had a Hooker tied up in the basement. She put the knife down when she found out it was just a boat anchor after forcing me downstairs.
Thanks For the Video !! Just a question Why would One not just Use a Anchor ? .........I know the Days its Blowing would Be a no Go. I guess Theft is a Big Concern seeing you already experienced it ?
Or you could just use a 12v winch
We are old and weak 😂 So we have gone for the Highfield Classic 290 but with an Epropulsion Spirit 1kW Electric Outboard. So lighter dinghy and we can carry the motor up the beach separately. Still I think rollers are easier if anyone else is going to be around.
Have you considered the wheels that fix to the transom and tilt up when not in use? We find the idea attractive but unconvinced they will cope with soft sand or gravel.
Yeah lighter is definitely the best solution but our dinghy is perfect for us so we wont consider that quite yet. YEah I asked someone about the wheels on facebook. I bet if they are wide enough they would work even in soft sand but idk. And could one person haul it with the wheels? How do you like your setup??
@@TulasTechTalk still new and ready for summer launch so not tested yet. Dinghy just fits in our van to get from home to the launch point to get to the mooring. Will also fit on foredeck.
I'm curious about if you had a much larger catamaran like a Schionning G-Force 1500 cruise. Would you go with a larger go fast dinghy and if so what Highfield model would you go with?
I think the one we have now is about the max we would ever go with. It's 11'9" with a 20hp suzuki and its perfect for us. a bit too big for our boat but we make that sacrafice because it's worth it. Would probably fit perfect on the boat you mentioned.
@@TulasTechTalk That Schionning 1400 (47 ft.) or 1500 (50 ft.) would certainly fit your dinghy and for sure a much larger one for sure but is it worth it in your openion to go larger for the speed and such verses the weight and difficulty of hulling it on and off the beach? That's really my question. The pros verses the cons of what would be the perfect balance between speed and function verses weight and not being able to easily get it up and down the beach.
@@robertlaird6746 It just depends what you use it for. Zatara has a monster dinghy but they have a monster family and go scuba diving and wakeboarding with it all the time so I think that fits what they do pretty well. For us ours fits what we do perfectly and I can't see us ever needing a bigger one. For you? I cant answer that. I will say that if you have a good hoist system and your boat is designed for that amount of weight on the back that shouldn't be an issue. Dragging it up onto the beach? Like I say in the video, it requires a lot of effort for Sierra and I to drag it up even just past the high water mark and we are not a weak couple. A bigger dinghy would certainly require some sort of mechanical advantage as I show in the video or rollers or wheels, etc. With that being said you may not ever really need to pull it way up on a beach. You could always anchor it out or use a dinghy dock. Sorry I cant give you a direct answer but I hope this helps give you some things to think about.
@@Tulasendlesssummer Thank you, that does help me out quite a bit. The fact that you don't need a bigger one even if you get a larger boat makes me understand a lot. I still don't know what size to really get but I do know that I would pretty much do the same things you do with yours. I do know that I'd max out the size of outboard for the size I'll get. The thing I don't like with going big is the weight on the boat and not being able to drag it up and down the beach easily. This information helps me plan for my catamaran purchase and all the gear I'll need. Thanks so much!
What about transom wheels?
How you get it back down?
That's good for it 🤔
Ahhhh.. and then get it back to the water? I say go kite board and stay close enough to keep an eye on the dinghy...
You just wait a month for spring tide ;-)
isn't it easier to just bring your anchor up on shore, above the high water line.
Removing stuff before thief takes time yet well worth the extra hours; some protein monger pushed $999 Ghee-Née out into Gulf with all Gear inside. Should he lose a few fingers? Islam might agree with thief punishment such this!
How do you get it back in the water now?
did you watch until the end?
Buy some beach wheels
Comment... OK... Too much talk, cut the blurb and just do it..,, not impressed, any consideration how to get it back in the water?
did you watch until the end? It's just way easier to pull it in DOWNHILL by hand. also, you could probably use the same system but with an anchor in the water if you had to...
@capt Del, kind of a rude comment! Get over yourself and watch the damn video!