Towing a CD-10

[Ken Coit]

I am considering a CD-10 as a dinghy. Does anyone care to comment on their towing characteristics or any other problems with them?

Ken Coit
S/V Parfait
CD-36
Raleigh, NC



ken-shelley.coit@worldnet.att.net

[Tom Young]

I am considering a CD-10 as a dinghy. Does anyone care to comment on their towing characteristics or any other problems with them?

Ken Coit
S/V Parfait
CD-36
Raleigh, NC

The only thing I can't help you with is the towing. I owned and sailed one for a couple of years when our cd 28 was located quite far from home. During that time we used(still do) a 9'6" Nutshell pram for our tender. Both boats had sail rigs(I am hoplessly addicted to sailing)
I love to sail both dinghys. The CD 10 performance was superior as a sailboat and row boat on the lakes we used it on.
As a tender for weekends, vacations and extended coastal(towing only) the Nutshell is far superior.
The cd10 is tender, many a time we shipped loads of water over the side with a moderate load and moderate winds. The Nutshell could be loaded with about 600 or more hundred pounds of people dogs, provisions etc. and go into most anything safely. The CD 10 doesn't have the room(narrower beam, centerboard trunk) to take all that stuff, if it did you might not make it.
For me the perfect "race of tenders would go like this. Row or sail across a harbor with a good chop then back to the dock. Add 100 lbs until you reach the biggest load you expect to carry, add 200 lbs more and whichever boat makes makes it wins and can fish out that other one and its load which is floating in th harbor.
If you can safely carry your suspected loads with the cd10, you will love it's performance as great way to get around the harbors and explore. I sailed my children and dog, picnics over lmany miles of VT lakes, I loved the boat.
Now they sail and row the Nutshell over icey Maine waters by themselves( I can see them at 7 and 8), they could not tip the boat over or ship water over a rail if they tried.
Good luck



fish@mint.net

[Ken Coit]

Tom,

Thanks for your thoughts on the utility of the Nutshell and the CD-10 as dinghies. Price-wise they are comparable: one old CD-10 vs. one new Nutshell kit. Hmmm. Do I need a Winter boat project? It might be therapeutic! Or, it might cut into my other project time. Maybe a Walker Bay is the answer. Perhaps Catherine will help us with a comparison with either the Nutshell or the CD-10?

Ken

I am considering a CD-10 as a dinghy. Does anyone care to comment on their towing characteristics or any other problems with them?

Ken Coit
S/V Parfait
CD-36
Raleigh, NC

The only thing I can't help you with is the towing. I owned and sailed one for a couple of years when our cd 28 was located quite far from home. During that time we used(still do) a 9'6" Nutshell pram for our tender. Both boats had sail rigs(I am hoplessly addicted to sailing)
I love to sail both dinghys. The CD 10 performance was superior as a sailboat and row boat on the lakes we used it on.
As a tender for weekends, vacations and extended coastal(towing only) the Nutshell is far superior.
The cd10 is tender, many a time we shipped loads of water over the side with a moderate load and moderate winds. The Nutshell could be loaded with about 600 or more hundred pounds of people dogs, provisions etc. and go into most anything safely. The CD 10 doesn't have the room(narrower beam, centerboard trunk) to take all that stuff, if it did you might not make it.
For me the perfect "race of tenders would go like this. Row or sail across a harbor with a good chop then back to the dock. Add 100 lbs until you reach the biggest load you expect to carry, add 200 lbs more and whichever boat makes makes it wins and can fish out that other one and its load which is floating in th harbor.
If you can safely carry your suspected loads with the cd10, you will love it's performance as great way to get around the harbors and explore. I sailed my children and dog, picnics over lmany miles of VT lakes, I loved the boat.
Now they sail and row the Nutshell over icey Maine waters by themselves( I can see them at 7 and 8), they could not tip the boat over or ship water over a rail if they tried.
Good luck

ken-shelley-coit@worldnet.att.net

[Bill Sandifer]

Tom,

Thanks for your thoughts on the utility of the Nutshell and the CD-10 as dinghies. Price-wise they are comparable: one old CD-10 vs. one new Nutshell kit. Hmmm. Do I need a Winter boat project? It might be therapeutic! Or, it might cut into my other project time. Maybe a Walker Bay is the answer. Perhaps Catherine will help us with a comparison with either the Nutshell or the CD-10?

Ken

I am considering a CD-10 as a dinghy. Does anyone care to comment on their towing characteristics or any other problems with them?

Ken Coit
S/V Parfait
CD-36
Raleigh, NC

The only thing I can't help you with is the towing. I owned and sailed one for a couple of years when our cd 28 was located quite far from home. During that time we used(still do) a 9'6" Nutshell pram for our tender. Both boats had sail rigs(I am hoplessly addicted to sailing)
I love to sail both dinghys. The CD 10 performance was superior as a sailboat and row boat on the lakes we used it on.
As a tender for weekends, vacations and extended coastal(towing only) the Nutshell is far superior.
The cd10 is tender, many a time we shipped loads of water over the side with a moderate load and moderate winds. The Nutshell could be loaded with about 600 or more hundred pounds of people dogs, provisions etc. and go into most anything safely. The CD 10 doesn't have the room(narrower beam, centerboard trunk) to take all that stuff, if it did you might not make it.
For me the perfect "race of tenders would go like this. Row or sail across a harbor with a good chop then back to the dock. Add 100 lbs until you reach the biggest load you expect to carry, add 200 lbs more and whichever boat makes makes it wins and can fish out that other one and its load which is floating in th harbor.
If you can safely carry your suspected loads with the cd10, you will love it's performance as great way to get around the harbors and explore. I sailed my children and dog, picnics over lmany miles of VT lakes, I loved the boat.
Now they sail and row the Nutshell over icey Maine waters by themselves( I can see them at 7 and 8), they could not tip the boat over or ship water over a rail if they tried.
Good luck

Ken:
The Nutshell is the finest dink I have owned in 50+ years of sailing. I would really try and find one or build one if you can. I built the 10'9" model from plans and it is great. I saw one for sale in Wooden Boat, I think for about $650.00. A deal. I'll try and find the ad for you. It really is superior. There is also a Shellback? dink by the same designer which is a pointed bow and a little bigger. If you build one only use the best plywood and epoxy. I built mine out of marine fir and wish I hadn't.
Bill



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