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8 Foot Highfield Inflatable Dinghy

PVC Tubes - Aluminium Bottom


Torqeedo Electric Motor
                  Hand Rail
As most inflatable owners know, there isn't a safe or graceful way to get in or out of  a small dinghy. The stainless handrail in these pictures has improved the boarding process considerably.

I cut  the stainless tubing into two pieces; then bent each one and joined them at the top and installed them in the inflatable.    

They were installed using two brackets made out of starboard to go on the aft side of the seat and  typical stainless hand rail fittings bolted onto the sole, with through bolts into aluminium plates on the outside of the bilge.

The hand rail is riveted to the fittings in the sole so that it can be removed for storing the dinghy. (The rivets are aluminium and easy to "drill out").


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Torqeedo 603                    Lithium Battery
Manufacturer's Website
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Gear Case
                                                                                                        



Storage Locker
 

Fiberglass, water proof, storage locker. Used for
storing flares, VHF radio food, matches and basic survival  gear.


We store life vests in this locker when we go ashore.


Dinghy Storage


                                 During the winter the dinghy is stored in our garage
above our car. We use a block and
tackle to raised it into position.


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