The Dinghy Thread

[JT48348]

Joe, Looking good! At 78 lbs, she'll be about 30 lbs lighter than mine. That's one of the drawbacks of mine- I can't carry her on my back anymore without some major straining. Getting older is a bitch! Ben

Thanks everyone! Ben, question for you: how are your seat brackets attached to the side of the boat? Are they screwed or thru-bolted to the rubrail--from the inside out, or outside in?

Thanks

[tego]

Joe, My seat brackets are screwed into the rubrail/gunnel from the inside. My gunnel is about 1" thick, so is pretty strong. Your PVC might require thru-bolts. You can countersink them a little so they're flush on the outside or use a dinghy fabric or rubber rubrail over the outside edge. With your weight concerns, I think I'd countersink them just below flush and that would still protect everything. Besides, that dang dinghy rubrail is expensive stuff! Ben

[JT48348]

Working the rubrail. Finishing touches to sand the rub rail, put in a nice curve, and patch any errors with epoxy. PVC bonds well with epoxy provided the surface is sanded and clean. It can then be sculpted to get the look you want.

[JT48348]

Slow but steady progress on the Dyer ultralight dinghy. The interior has been painted with regular Rustoleum enamel. I used the marine topside version on the big boat and decided to see how the regular Rustoleum will hold up in the dinghy. The biggest difference in the two paints appears to be thickness out of the can. The marine topside appears thinner out of the can but both lay down nearly identical.

The trick with Rustoleum is have a dry low humidity work area. Low humidity is much more important than temp I've found. If ithe air is dry the paint is tack free in about 5-6 hours and sandable in 24. It looks great. I will be doing the hull red in similar paint.

The primer is same as on the A27, Zinser cover stain.

The PVC rub rail took paint really well and looks very factory up close.

Bronze fittings polished and clear coated.

Non skid is SoftSand applied to gray Rustoleum. Excellent results.

[NickScheuer]

For JT48348: A Lapstrake sister of the Albin-25

This Norwegian Yanmar-powered Motor Cruiser is berthed on the Oslo Fiord at Drobak, Norway. An outing on the Fiord 7 yearts ago had a lot to do with my wife and I switching from a 29ft cruising yawl to our Albin-25. The fellow in blue is Skipper, Oyvind watching as his vessel is put up for winter storage in his yard overlooking the Fiord.

[JT48348]

Look at that. Nice one, any idea what it is?

[JT48348]

Rustoleum enamel Regal Red. Three thin coats to get solid coverage. Some slight orange peel which I will be addressing in the final coat.

[DesertAlbin736]

The trick with Rustoleum is have a dry low humidity work area. Low humidity is much more important than temp I've found. If ithe air is dry the paint is tack free in about 5-6 hours and sandable in 24. It looks great. I will be doing the hull red in similar paint.

Looking good! If it's low humidity you're looking for, come on out to the Desert Southwest. On a warm, dry, sunny day humidity levels in Central Arizona deserts hover around +/- 10% & in early summer before our so-called "monsoon" season starts in July & August the dew points can be in the 20s & 30's. We wake up each morning to dry grass, no dew on the ground. Not right now of course, it's been a fairly wet winter here so far. One of our sailboater friends out here owns a Dyer Dhow, they're nice dinks.

[JT48348]

Finished dinghy. This was a good test run for the paint job on the A27. I will be using the same color scheme and Rustoleum paint.

After a lot of experimenting and research with the paint I determined it's not really worth the effort of trying to completely remove the orange peel as it's very hard to see at the 5' rule.

Not sure of the final dinghy weight as there's still snow on the ground but I'm hoping it's close to 80lbs

[Jay Knoll]

Looks great Joe,

[tego]

Great looking dink Joe. You'll love the way she rows. Ben

[DougSea]

The dingy looks great and I'm really loving the homemade graphics! Something else to look into!!

[JT48348]

Thanks! For all the feedback. Very pleased with the results

[DesertAlbin736]

Beautiful! A far cry from those earlier photos of the way it was when you first got hold of it. So, now that it's finished, how do you plan to carry it? Tow behind, lift davits, snap davits, or crane up onto the roof top?

[JT48348]

I think the dinghy can be towed & carried on the swim platform if need be. And it can be craned up on the hardtop using my mast/boom.

But what I'm really experimenting with is the idea of "rolling" it up onto the hardtop. When I construct my hard top next winter I'm going to install rollers at the end of the aft hardtop and swim platform. The plan is to lift the bow onto the swim platform then onto the hardtop edge, then roll it into place on the hardtop onto a preset "cradle" where the dinghy can be secured.