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Subject: [Leica] Red inflatable dinghy
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:33:36 -0400
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Thanks Ric.


Regards,

Dick



On Sep 08, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Ric Carter wrote:

> i like the new crop
>
> ric
>
>
> On Sep 8, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Richard Taylor wrote:
>
>> Lawrence - You're right.  I wanted to show the boat in it's  
>> environment.  Everyone who commented agreed this was the best shot,  
>> BTW.
>>
>> As for the alternate without the red dink, you made an interesting  
>> comment about giving her more water to sail on, so I tried a square  
>> crop on it this morning, again just barely cropping the red dink  
>> out and this time leaving as much water as possible in, and think  
>> it looks pretty nice, vis:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5480_sq_crop.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/kjlson
>>
>> Thanks for you comments.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 06, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>>
>>> Dick writes:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5480.jpg.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/knossx
>>>
>>>
>>> This, for me is the picture - the red of the hemmothing  is  
>>> balanced by
>>>
>>> the tiles of the mansion -  an overall excellent compostion , more
>>>
>>> atmospheric though, and less focussed on the boat , which was not  
>>> your
>>>
>>> primary goal I think ...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Finally, here's the alternate cropped so as to just clip the bow of
>>>
>>> the dinghy again.  Looking at it now, I'm thinking maybe this is the
>>>
>>> best one after all though it does feel a bit cramped to me.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2009_boating_pad/300_5480_crop.jpg.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/ma4mfz
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, but as in 1, leave her some more water to stay afloat, looks  
>>> too
>>>
>>> shallow and dangerous as is ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Dick - a fine series and boat in any case.
>>>
>>> Bien cordialement
>>>
>>> Philippe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What to you think?
>>>
>>>
>>> As to why they have an inflatable:  this boat is in charter service
>>>
>>> and I suspect often sails with total neophytes on board.   
>>> Inflatables
>>>
>>>
>>> are extremely stable and much easier for boating newbies to deal  
>>> with
>>>
>>>
>>> than traditional dinks.  Also, red is a highly desirable color for
>>>
>>> safety that's probably why it was chosen, thinking again of the
>>>
>>> newbies and maybe insurance costs, too.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>>
>>> - - - - - - - - -
>>>
>>>
>>> There is no really good place to mount a dinghy on deck on a  
>>> sailboat less
>>> than 40 feet long. And Sonny is right. Inflatables row poorly and  
>>> are blown
>>> around the water by the wind. They don't tow well either. A strong  
>>> wind gust
>>> or an errant wave can flip them over. Nor is deflating for storage  
>>> much of
>>> an asset. Most inflatables are blown up in the spring and deflated  
>>> when the
>>> snow falls. I don't think there is an insurance advantage either,  
>>> at least
>>> not for me. BUT inflatables are very kind to the finish on the  
>>> topsiders of
>>> a boat. It is almost impossible to scrape or gouge the paint with an
>>> inflatable. If the pretty sailboat is in charter service, the owners
>>> certainly want to avoid marring the topsides by inept handling of  
>>> the dinghy
>>> on the part of the charterers. Oh yes, another downside of  
>>> inflatables is
>>> that field mice have a taste for hypalon and PVC and will chew  
>>> holes in any
>>> inflatable that they can get at. This is not covered by insurance  
>>> either.
>>>
>>>
>>> Larry Z
>>>
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Red inflatable dinghy)
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