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You need a towline and towing rig you can count on for the safely of your vessels and crew. Whether you are towing a yacht tender over extended periods at high speeds of just lazy weekend cruising, Mighty Tow will lay your worries to rest.

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Legs: First, we have two legs of New England Rope’s Premium Nylon for shock absorption. These lines use the highest grade marine nylon available, combining easy handling, flexibility, strength, good looks and long wear. The nylon is treated with unique water repellent coating for greater wet strength and improved abrasion resistance, even when wet.

Hawser: Next, we use Puget Sound’s Plasma Rope Spectra 12-strand for the tow hawser. Plasma 12-strand is the highest strength synthetic rope available. Plasma Rope is manufactured from Honeywell Spectra Fiber that has been enhanced by Puget Sound Rope’s patented re-crystallization process. Strengths are over 50% higher and creep is significantly less than that of standard Spectra 12-strand. This rope can be easily stowed, handles effortlessly and floats!

Floating Master Link: To compliment using line that floats, we take advantage of today’s fiber technology instead of using metal rings. The fibers we use are more flexible, have increased strength and reliability than the traditional method of using metal links.

Pennant: Mighty Tow! includes a nylon-covered Plasma pennant for the bow of your tender to make hawser attachment safe and easy.

Shackles: Mighty Tow! uses two of the most respected stainless hardware manufacturers: Wichard and Tylaska . We use Tylaska snap shackles to link the hawser to the pennant. Tylaska snap shackles provide the ultimate in strength, performance, and durability. The patented mathematical curvature of the release mechanism allows Tylaska shackles to be easily opened even under tremendous loads. Wichard’s high-resistance bow shackle, built for high load values, is used to attach the pennant to the towing eye of the tender.

**Rope Inc. advises to always have a proper tow-eye installed before towing any tender. Rope Inc. recommends Broward Machine of Ft. Lauderdale as a trusted tow-eye supplier. Visit their website: www.toweye.com or call (954) 920-8004 for a quote.

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Towing Fundamentals

• By Dudley Dawson
• Updated: February 25, 2011

Though most yachts carry their tenders aboard, an increasing number are turning to towing as a viable solution. Not only does towing avoid the complexities of launching and retrieving the tender, but it also enables owners to take along a boat that might be too big to hoist aboard.

My colleague Jay Coyle regularly tows his Boston Whaler or his wife’s Hewes skiff astern of his Bertram 37. While he recommends not towing a tender that’s longer than the beam of the yacht, many others go well beyond that rule of thumb. Jack Hutchinson of Rope Inc. ( www.ropeinc.com ), a major supplier of tow bridles, says that many of his customers are towing center-console boats in the 40-foot range.

What Coyle and Hutchinson agree on, however, is the general configuration of the towing setup. Essential are sturdy cleats or bitts at the stern corners of the yacht, through-bolted with backing plates to handle the substantial loads from the tow. At the other end — the bow of the tender — the hardware is equally important. The small eye commonly installed at the stem for trailering or anchoring the tender is inadequate for the purpose of towing. Instead, a dedicated tow-eye should be installed. Broward Machine, among others, manufactures custom tow-eyes as well as stock units in stainless steel for many popular tender models.

Between these two attachment points lies the critical part of the towing rig. At the yacht end is a V-shaped bridle, attached at the yacht’s stern bitts and fitted with a ring at the center. The bridle should be nylon — to absorb a bit of the shock load when the tender hits a wave — but not so long that its stretch becomes a hazard in itself. Generally recommended is a 150- to 200-foot length of line, which puts the ring 50 to 75 feet astern and allows enough extra length for attaching to the bitts.

Abaft the bridle ring is 100 to 200 feet of high-strength, low-stretch line such as Spectra, available through Puget Sound Rope ( www.psrope.com ) or Lugger Line, available through Yale Cordage ( www.yalecordage.com ). Such rope is light, so it will float, helping to keep it away from props and making it easy to handle and stow. Ideally, the total length will be just enough to put the tender on the back side of the third wave of the yacht’s wake. This part of the rig is divided into two sections. The longer length is forward, joined to a shorter tender pendant by a quick-release snap shackle — Wichard or Tylaska are popular brands.

Remember that once you get under way with this rig, the yacht becomes a tow boat under the Rules of the Road navregs and the tender a towed vessel, so each must display the proper markings and lights for such operation.

Coyle tows with the tender’s motor tilted down for drag, but I never found this necessary with the small boats I’ve towed. Hutchinson says his customers do both, as well as partially down. He and several professional captains also mentioned other options to keep the tender in line, including towing a short length of chain from the tender’s stern. It all depends on the characteristics of both the yacht and the tender, as well as the tow rig, so it becomes a matter of trial and error with each combination. It’s best to get it sorted out on several short trips in varying weather before undertaking that long dream cruise with your tender astern.

Like yachting itself, towing involves certain inherent risks. Paramount among them is the fact that it may become necessary to ditch the tender in an emergency to protect the yacht. Some rig a release line from the shackle back to the yacht, while others just keep a knife handy to cut the bridle, mindful of the fact that there’s a lot of energy stored in that nylon when it’s under load.

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All our towing lines are carefully conceptualized according to the characteristics of the yacht and the tender or toys to be towed.

You will receive a detailed towing diagram with every towing line delivered.

TENDER TOW LINES

TENDER BRIDLE

Depending on the number of tow eyes present and reinforced adequately for towing, a tender painter or tender bridle is made. The line or bridle should float and not exceed the length of the tender to prevent it from jamming the engine when it is accidentally run over.

The main boat bridle provides the stretch needed to absorb snatch loads whilst towing. Adjustable nylon chafe protectors are included where it passes through fairleads and the eyes connected to the tow leg are protected with braided Dyneema sleeve covers. Length markers ensure paralell length of each bridle leg.

The tow leg lies between the tender painter/bridle and the main boat bridle. It floats, has good visibility and a high working load limit. Dyneema is a great match for this line.

SOFT SHACKLES

Instead of using extremely heavy stainless steel hooks or shackles to link your towing system, Dyneema soft shackles are a great alternative. They float and don't damage the deck when hauled aboard.

OTHER TOW LINES

EMERGENCY TOW LINES

An emergency tow line for the main yacht is, as the name suggests, not a line in daily use, but only used in cases where the main yacht has to be towed by another vessel. It is made of floating material – often polypropylene – and consists of a bridle and a tow leg. The longer the total length of the system, the better, as you don't know which vessel will come along to tow you. The absolute minimum length should be at least the total length of the yacht.

TOY TOWING LINES

Each yacht has different tenders and toys and a unique way of deploying them. We design our toy towing lines in cooperation with our clients and the result is a perfect fit for the needs of the yacht. Coloured floating lines and buoys or smaller floats are often used.

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All our tender and toy towing systems come with a practical storage bag.

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BESPOKE TENDER TOW LINE SYSTEMS

Our Bespoke Tender Tow Lines Systems are manufactured in the UK to suit your tenders specifications and are available worldwide.  With our industry experience from working onboard superyachts, alongside our network of trusted suppliers, we can supply you with either a replacement/ new tow bridle, tow line or a complete tow bridle set up. Every towing bridle and tow line is woven from premium rope with high quality protected splicing and Tylaska Shackles.  Whether it is for a newly purchased tender or for your existing tender and replacing your worn towing set up, no project is too big for us!  

ARRANGEMENTS

Y Arrangment

Suitable for tenders with only one towing eye. 

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Ask the expert: towing tenders.

Published: Monday, July 30, 2018 By: Cary R. Wiener, President of Pantaenius America Ltd.

Cary R. Wiener is President of Pantaenius America Ltd. and a maritime lawyer who has worked on many famous cases, including the Exxon Valdez. He is licensed in all fifty states and is passionate about safety on the water.

We recently purchased a tender for our yacht. It’s too heavy to hoist aboard, so we’ll be towing it. What should we know before we tow?

Many yacht owners tow a tender so they’ll have a smaller boat to jet around in or to go ashore, but towing tenders can be dangerous and risky because so much can go wrong. The tender you’re towing could get swamped - or worse, break loose and get lost at sea. It could smash into the stern of your yacht, causing extensive damage. The stresses incurred by a towed vehicle could rip out the cleats on the towing vessel and/or the tender or the mother ship could run over the towing line and chew up the yacht’s running gear.

Here’s how to avoid these risks:

Get your insurance company’s consent.

You never want to tow a tender without proper coverage, and most yacht insurance companies have conditions you must meet when doing so. At Pantaenius, for example, we require that tenders be constantly watched — either by a crew member or a camera. Get these stipulations in writing, and follow them to the letter. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, any loss or damage will not be covered.

Make Sure You Have the Right Equipment

You’ll need at least 100 to 150 feet of towline so you can adjust it for varying conditions. Double braided (braid-on-braid) nylon is your best choice because of its superior combination of strength, stretch, and chafe resistance. Don’t make the mistake of using three-strand twisted nylon instead, assuming it will be stronger. While it does boast excessive stretch, it also has dangerous snap-back action — imagine a huge rubber band — when it breaks. Double braided nylon is stronger and will not kink.

Some yacht owners prefer using polypropylene because it floats. However, it’s not as strong, has little elasticity, and isn’t as efficient as double braided nylon at absorbing heavy shock loads that are transferred to fittings on both the towed and the towing craft. Polypropylene is also super stiff, making it difficult to tie knots that will hold fast.

Having the right hardware is also critical. You’ll need sturdy cleats, or bitts, that are through-bolted to the deck. And, make sure these have strong backing plates (which you can add) to handle the substantial weight from the tow. Otherwise, the tender could yank the cleats right out of your yacht’s deck.

At the other end — the bow of the tender — hardware is equally important. Make sure it has a reinforced towing eye or a bow cleat where you can safely secure the line. Most tenders that are lost while towing are lost because this attachment failed.

Rig It Up Right

The best way to tow a tender is to use a bridle arrangement. A bridle is a separate piece of double braided nylon line that’s attached to both rear cleats of the towing vessel. Leave enough slack so that the bridle becomes a “V” shape when the towline is attached to its center. Also, make sure you attach the bridle to D-rings versus tying it to a single line without a bridle. This will help distribute the strain over as wide an area as possible, plus enable the line to shift as the tender changes heading.

When towing hard-shell tenders, rig a similar bridle around the hull or superstructure of the vessel you’re pulling.

Since double braided nylon doesn’t float, the towing bridle needs to be buoyed with two or more floats. This will keep the towline from sinking and getting swept under the cruising yacht, then potentially becoming entangled with the rudder or propeller. It will also help make the towline more visible to other boaters.

Lighten Your Load

When possible, remove the motor from the tender before towing, and store it safely aboard the mothership. The same goes for oars, cushions, bailers, and other items that are apt to come loose and go flying if the tender bounces about.

Be Prepared to Let Go

Sometimes emergencies arise that call for ditching the tender to protect your yacht. Some skippers keep a knife handy to cut the bridle, but since there’s a lot of energy stored in that nylon when it’s under load, your best bet is to use a snap shackle at the end of the towline.

Watch Your Speed

Start off gently to produce a steady pull until you get up to speed. The goal here is to minimize stress on the towline, boats, and hardware. Your cruising speed should not exceed seven or eight knots. Otherwise, the tender will start to zigzag, and it’s easy to flip over a lighter tender when going too fast. In rough seas, when in high-traffic areas, or when mooring or docking, slow down to two-three knots.

Get in Sync

As a rule of thumb, lighter tenders should ride just ahead of the stern wave — or rooster tail — inside the first wave of wake. For hard-shell tenders, or if swells increase to above four-six feet, you will need to let the tender out, back to the second wave astern.

Regardless of tender size or weight, adjust the towline at the stern cleats so that both boats are in the crests and troughs of waves simultaneously. This may be impossible if seas are rough, but at least try to avoid a situation where the tender is struggling up the back of one wave while the mother ship is running down the front of another wave. This, or the reverse, creates tremendous loading, which causes dangerous surging and thus shock loading by the tender.

Whenever you tow a tender, your yacht becomes a towboat and the tender a towed vessel under the Rules of the Road navigation regulations. This means proper navigation lights are required for both vessels. Using lights at night or in poor visibility is a smart move anyway to avoid having another vessel run over your towline.

Choose Mooring over Docking

In busy harbors, high-traffic areas or while anchoring, you’ll want to draw the tender closer to allow for better handling in close quarters. Keep in mind that docking with a tender in tow can be tricky and challenging, even for seasoned skippers. So, to avoid potential hazards, it’s a better, and far safer, idea to moor.

Have a question about yacht safety or insurance? Send it to [email protected] .

This article first appeared in the Summer Issue (Jul/Aug) 2018 of Great Lakes Scuttlebutt magazine.

tags: Insurance , Towing , Water Toys

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You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Thread: Towing a large tender Thread tools. Show Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… My name is Chris and I've owned my 58' Yacht Fish for a little over 2 years. We are taking a trip to the Exumas and are planning to tow a 21' center console behind her. I had Broward Machine make and install a tow eye and Rope Inc. make the tow line. I am nervous about towing this boat as I've never done it. is there any advice or concerns out there? Any suggestions on rpm's or speed? Thank you in advance foe any advice. Re: Towing a large tender Go for it. It is a bit of a hassle, but well worth having the "chase boat" in the Bahamas. I tow a 17ft Mako behind my 53MY on our trip to the Bahamas each year. We are usually only going 9-10 knots though, so you hardly know it's back there. However, my advice to you is practice before you go. Figure out how far back you want it for your anticipated cruise speed. Test a full "throttle down" to make sure the tow doesn't run up to you. I've found one of the most important things is to have the engine on the tow slightly in the water (and straight) to provide stability, especially in high seas if you are going slow. Depending on how the tow rides you'll need to adjust how low to set the trim. That's why practice is essential. Also, it does take extra crew to handle the extra boat. We always put somebody in the chase boat before we enter or leave any congested area (marinas, locks, sometimes even before we anchor). Good luck and have fun. Pat 1987 63' CPMY - Jubilee Tampa, FL All who wander are not lost. I pull a Shamrock 20, inboard CC behind our 61 cmy. Had a bridle made (Rope inc) w/3 sixty foot legs . I like to allow the tender to ride just on the back of the second stern wave. It will be very stable there and will not surf and hunt side to side like it does if on the front of the wave. Where the sweet spot is changes as your speed changes. You do need extra hands to help when docking etc. Great fun to have along. ....Pat You might want to make up a portable set of towing lights to mount on your boat in case you get caught running at night. You may not intend to travel at night but circumstances might force it and if you had an insurance claim you might have trouble collecting if you are running with out proper lights. I have towed numerous tenders, most frequently a 21' center console often at 20 knots. I usually hung a radar reflector from the T-top to increase visibility and had some plastic yellow ribbons attached to the tow line to make that more visible. One trip was from Connecticut to Florida. Many trips to the Bahamas and the Keys from Fort Lauderdale and never had a big problem. Thanks guys the 21' was no problem we sold it because it didn't suit our diving and fishing needs. We have a 29' prokat with twin suzuki 300s. What would you guys think about towing that? Last year we towed our dink from Ft Myers to Emerald Bay via the Abacos and back to Ft Myers via Bimini. 1400 NM. I'd say ok but with the larger one extra crew should be available. The only issues are; 1) The dink rams your platform even if you slow down well in advance a little at a time. 2) Hauling the dink in to traverse locks, pick up mooring balls and docking is a PITA but not so bad at our size dink (13'). You will have to bring crew along to take the helm of the dink at that size. In choppy water it could get dicey. CaveCayDink.jpg Regards Dan Don't ask me how I know, but the biggest issue you will have is fouling the prop with the tow line. Polypropylene line floats, not so with nylon braid. Each time you slow, the line will go slack, so make provisions for that, but as others have said, you won't even know it's back there. I used a 75' line behind a 63my. Originally Posted by dottieshusband Don't ask me how I know, but the biggest issue you will have is fouling the prop with the tow line. Polypropylene line floats, not so with nylon braid. Each time you slow, the line will go slack, so make provisions for that, but as others have said, you won't even know it's back there. I used a 75' line behind a 63my. What he said!! We used to two our 15ft Rendova with a tow made of Spectra (!!) Try cutting that off the prop in 62deg water. Now SOP is someone in the cockpit taking up slack before any throttle back or maneuvering, and putting a driver in the boat and turning them loose well before any cclose quarters or even slow running.. This seems really tough on equipment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjLi2fcJjDc FTFD... i drive a slow 1968 41c381 Yeah, there's nothing like towing into weather. Been there done that and thought the dink was going to catch air at 8 knots! Since then we have been more careful about the weather. Why are you guys using nylon braid when products like Amsteel (Dyneema) are available? http://www.samsonrope.com/Pages/Prod...?ProductID=872 BTW I forgot to mention, you will want to get some purpose made chafe gear and use it on soft eyes, haws exit points etc.. I have used Dyneema chafe tubes to good results, as well as Chafe Pro on the bridle leaving the haws holes. --> Last edited by Dan Mapes; 12-22-2014 at 07:56 AM . Private Messages Subscriptions Search Forums Forums Home Frequently Asked Service Questions Everything Else Parts Wanted & For Sale Boats Wanted & For Sale CABO Yachts Tags for this Thread 58' yacht fish large tender View Tag Cloud Posting Permissions You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Forum Rules News & Events Vintage Tees Hull ID Information Links, Articles & Videos Discount Propellers Tips & Tricks Part Specials Download Model Brochures We are continuously updating these archives. If you do not see the brochure you are looking for, stop back soon. Hatteras Wear Classic hoodie. A classic new look New Englander Jacket 1-800-678-9230 © 2011 Sam's Marine. All Rights Reserved. Website built by: Relivo Media Powered by vBulletin® 4 Log in or Sign up You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser . Danvilletim Senior Member I ve seen plenty of larger center consoles towed behind 80-90 MY. How about 36' cosair chris craft? captholli Senior Member Danvilletim said: ↑ I ve seen plenty of larger center consoles towed behind 80-90 MY. How about 36' cosair chris craft? Click to expand... Thanks for the feedback. Your response makes sense. My thought was that the 36 cosair would provide pretty nice extra crew accommodations. You give up an open bow, but better than most crew accomadtions than most euro 80-88' Danvilletim said: ↑ My thought was that the 36 cosair would provide pretty nice extra crew accommodations. You give up an open bow, but better than most crew accomadtions than most euro 80-88' Click to expand... 1000 islands Member What about towing a SeaDoo Sportster...I picked one up with the idea of using it as a dinghy. My concern is about how far it should be behind the boat while under tow. Has anyone ever do this ? Capt Ralph Senior Member On a 34 I owned long ago, I used a long moor whip pointing aft. A painter was tied to my stern cleat, to the whips tip and then 4-5 feet to the wet-bike's tow eye. Underway or at anchor the Sea-Doo never hit my swim platform and towed well. On a larger or faster boat, some more scope and adjustments may be needed. Capt J Senior Member 1000 islands said: ↑ What about towing a SeaDoo Sportster...I picked one up with the idea of using it as a dinghy. My concern is about how far it should be behind the boat while under tow. Has anyone ever do this ? Click to expand... skipperguy New Member CTdave Senior Member I tow my 17' Whaler from my 50 Hatteras at 28-30kts regularly. I tilt the engine so the skeg is in the water so it traks straignt & about 100' out. The problem is when the weather goes downhill and you will have to reduce speed so the tender isn't taking a pounding. Hah, I just remembered a funny lol. We were towing our 6 or 8' Rib along one day from our older Post. My 4 year old son at the time looked back and said "dad, where's the engine". LOL!! The bouncing made it work it's way off because it had the hand crank down mount vs. bolted. ychtcptn Senior Member Off the original subject. I was told by Mercury outboards to never tow with the engines down per the request of the insurance company, the thrust bearing are not made for the much reverse torque over long periods of time. If you are towing smaller whaler and the such, but a line thru the aft center drain and run about 20' of line out with a loop, this will make it tow nice and straight. We learned the hard way with an 11' behind a 28' Bertram, the thing flipped right over! Oops! GhostriderIII Senior Member I've towed several boats (not as same time) but with motors up and over. No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? 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