[PSUBS-MAILIST] Towing...

[Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles]

I'm not that familiar with the K boats, but my first impression is that for maximum stability you would want to tow it from a forward point near the center of surge resistance, with sufficient scope in the tow line to lead horizontally forward, much like a sonar tow fish.

Sean


On September 9, 2015 2:35:40 AM PDT, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Has anyone towed a K boat from the forward lifting eye?
>
>I am going to tow my boat to a better diving location.  I think the
>best
>place to tow it would be the very front, on the hand rail mounting
>post.
>At this point there is a 20mm stainless bar bolted through the forward
>tank
>and into the framework.  Although its a thick bar, I have a feeling it
>might get damaged if I tow the boat from that point.  Forward lifting
>eye
>would be better but ive got a feeling it might now tow very well.
>
>Any thoughts?
>Thanks
>James
>
>
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