My
Backyard Boats:
Moby
Dink -- Launch
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The
dink sits in the back of the truck, on some poly tarps.
I'm determined to keep this one from getting all banged
up like the Weekend Skiff did when we had to lift in
on and off the frame in the back of the truck. The skiff
is much heavier than the dink, so fewer dings are likely.
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Dink
sits quietly at the launch ramp at Wide Water on the
Erie Canal in Lockport. We decided to just pick it up
and carry it onto the dock, which is what we did, rather
than use the ramp.
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Now
what? I didn't make any provision for a painter, so
we had a bit of a delay while I decided just how to
get the dink into the water. We fed it over the side,
basically. The Reverend
took the three pix of me.
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The
first thing that I noticed was that the dink was extremely
agile and responsive to the oars. Jim Michalak, the
designer, suggests taking short strokes because of the
shortness of the boat. That works for me, and I still
am so new to rowing that I alternate one row, then the
other. This worked fine in this tiny boat.
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Back
after a short trip down the canal. I was happy to be
back, because my legs and back were killing me. It's
not that comfortable as currently configured.
To
see pix of the drift down the canal,
go
here.
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