Cruisers Forum
 


Reply
  This discussion is proudly sponsored by:
Please support our sponsors and let them know you heard about their products on Cruisers Forums. Advertise Here
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 25-06-2015, 10:50   #1
Registered User
 
Puget Dan's Avatar

Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Anacortes Washington
Boat: Horstman 38 Trimaran
Posts: 71
Images: 8
Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

Hi All, I want to mount our Walker Bay Dingy on the davits off the stern of our Tri Star 38' Trimaran so I can haul it out of the water when not in use. Does any one know where on the Walker bay I should mount the hardware to attache the lines to pull the boat out of the water? The area by the seats seems not strong enough.
Puget Dan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25-06-2015, 11:03   #2
Registered User

Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: W Carib
Boat: Wildcat 35, Hobie 33
Posts: 13,480
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

What kind of Walker Bay...is this the standard rotomolded fake-lapstrake look dink?
belizesailor is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25-06-2015, 11:04   #3
Registered User

Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: St Louis, MO
Boat: Gulfstar 43 ketch
Posts: 160
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

Quote:
Originally Posted by Puget Dan View Post
Hi All, I want to mount our Walker Bay Dingy on the davits off the stern of our Tri Star 38' Trimaran so I can haul it out of the water when not in use. Does any one know where on the Walker bay I should mount the hardware to attache the lines to pull the boat out of the water? The area by the seats seems not strong enough.
You replace some of the 1/4-20 bolts in the seats with 1/4-20 eye bolts.
kbudd is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25-06-2015, 11:11   #4
Registered User

Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: St Louis, MO
Boat: Gulfstar 43 ketch
Posts: 160
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

I'll try and attach the instructions.
Attached Files
File Type: pdf RID dimensions dinghy.pdf (202.9 KB, 327 views)
kbudd is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25-06-2015, 11:22   #5
Registered User

Join Date: May 2013
Location: Bermuda
Boat: Heritage West Indies 36
Posts: 1,016
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

I have the 8' version, which i realise is a lot lighter but i think the theory still holds true. You want two eye-bolts or U-bolts on the transom (inside is best but it doesn't really matter) and one at the bow.
DefinitelyMe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25-06-2015, 11:29   #6
Registered User
 
Puget Dan's Avatar

Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Anacortes Washington
Boat: Horstman 38 Trimaran
Posts: 71
Images: 8
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

Thanks so much, I did not realize those were lift points. This will help a lot. Also I am looking around for the tube kit any suggestions on where I might find a better deal than the $649 sticker price?
Puget Dan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25-06-2015, 11:34   #7
Registered User
 
Puget Dan's Avatar

Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Anacortes Washington
Boat: Horstman 38 Trimaran
Posts: 71
Images: 8
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

It is the hard plastic 10', the next post below gave me just what I needed. Thanks
Puget Dan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 25-06-2015, 11:43   #8
Registered User

Join Date: May 2013
Location: Bermuda
Boat: Heritage West Indies 36
Posts: 1,016
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

Well now, that depends on how cheap you want to go! My 'tube kit' consists of some large pool noodles zip-tied around the gunwhales :-)
DefinitelyMe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-06-2015, 06:36   #9
Registered User

Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Dunedin, Florida
Boat: Compac 23D
Posts: 29
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

Pool noodles...do they really work ?
BobL is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-06-2015, 08:19   #10
cat herder, extreme blacksheep

Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: furycame alley , tropics, mexico for now
Boat: 1976 FORMOSA yankee clipper 41
Posts: 18,967
Images: 56
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

pool noodles keep wb from dinging the mothership.
zeehag is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-06-2015, 08:23   #11
Registered User

Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: New Haven, Ct.
Boat: Pearson 30
Posts: 26
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

Try :
Dinghy too tippy? Add Dinghy Dogs

for external flotation - $320? I think with hardware to fit any dink
Gravy26 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-06-2015, 08:29   #12
Registered User
 
Scout 30's Avatar

Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Florida
Boat: Scout 30
Posts: 3,112
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

Dinghy too tippy? Add Dinghy Dogs
Scout 30 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-06-2015, 10:56   #13
Registered User

Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Ladner, Delta, British Columbia Canada.
Boat: Coast 30
Posts: 374
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

Regardless of which Walkerbay plastic hull you have 8' or 10' If you value your life do not be cheap and buy the grey heavy duty tube, After tax here in Canada it was almost $800. and we have survived numerous tanked up on beer and booze power boaters passing us with both engines on full throttle. without that tube we would have been swamped and sunk in their wake!
coastalexplorer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-06-2015, 11:42   #14
Registered User

Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Oregon
Posts: 209
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

I bought an 8ft. Walker Bay, for a dingy, when I bought my boat. After being turned turtle a couple times when beaching it, I sewed some Sunbrella tubes up that held the pool Noodles for the full length of the walker bay. That stopped that. They have plenty of flotation to allow me to climb my old fat gut over the side without swamping the boat. Since I sailed it a lot for fun, it was nice to have the sides have some flotation when hanging out over the side. Mac
Hard Rock Candy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 26-06-2015, 12:18   #15
Registered User

Join Date: May 2013
Location: Bermuda
Boat: Heritage West Indies 36
Posts: 1,016
Re: Mounting points on a Walker Bay 10' dingy

Yea the pool noodles work. They're not as buoyant as the tubes and you don't get much in terms of added stability but it means the boat doesn't turn turtle if it gets swamped and you don't need to bother with fenders to stop it scraping against the hull. I like the idea of sewing up some sunbrella covers. At the moment i have to replace the noodles every 6 months or so because they get degraded by the sun and then become waterlogged and fall apart.
DefinitelyMe is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Dingy Battery Mounting nofacey Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 14 26-12-2013 08:18
For Sale: For sale 8ft Walker Bay Dingy Fredmcelroy Classifieds Archive 0 05-07-2013 10:17
Pearson 365 Ketch - Bimini and Davit Mounting Points SV HOPE Monohull Sailboats 1 18-01-2013 08:59
Mounting a Dingy binkmann10 Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 14 12-07-2012 18:11
Dock hanger for Walker Bay dinghy David W General Sailing Forum 3 11-05-2005 15:55

Advertise Here


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 06:30.


Google+
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Social Knowledge Networks
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.

ShowCase vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.