PoMultifunction Dinghyrtland Pudgy:

 The fun boat that could save your life

Dinghy Components and Accessories List

4/2/08

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Basic Boat.  USCG approved 4 persons (available in warm white, sunset yellow, red, dark green). 92” long x 53”wide. Includes:

• n Two 6’-6” collapsible aluminum oars with retaining sleeves and collars

• n Richie compass standard (optional electrical system will illuminate compass).

• n Towing bridle harness (secures to two stainless steel eyes with backer disk for towing, lifting, or sea anchor).

• n Self bailing with drain plug (boat weight plus 30 lbs.)

• n Hand holds in keel for righting boat (which comes up empty of water after capsize).

• n Three seats with hand holds (middle seat adjusts to two rowing positions for extra space and load/ballast adjustments; uses stainless steel pin hinges).

• n Five storage/access hatches w/gaskets (6.4” inside diameter. All accessory equipment, sailing rig, oars, etc. fit through the access hatches).

• n Four reinforced through holes fore and aft (used for tie-down and/or securing fender/boarding ladder, and for use with an anti-theft locking security cable).

• n Four stainless steel oarlock sockets (for use with adjustable middle seat) and two stainless steel oarlocks (with locking system).

• n Double roller wheels (allows one person to roll the boat on dock or landing ramp).

• n Grab lines (four).

• n SOLAS approved reflective strips (three)

• n Motor mount and aluminum retaining plate (removable) for long shaft 2HP motors (short shaft motor mount available for use with narrow motor housing 2 cycle engines).         

Bailing Pump and Access Port. Includes:

n Hand-bilge pump, Beckson, 18”.

n Access port with gasket (mounted on gunwale)

n Installation at factory (optional) 

Davit Lifting/Safety Harness Eyes. Includes:

n Four stainless steel eyes with backer plates (on interior side wall).

n Installation at factory (optional).

Electrical System. Includes:

n  Electrical panel with:

n Accessory socket (powers plug-in equipment and can receive power for charging battery).

n Two toggle switches (one to illuminate compass and navigation light, one for red LED cockpit light).

n Battery (Rechargeable, 12 volt, 2.6 AH, 2.2 lbs, sealed lead acid).

n Perko navigation light, all-around white, removable and adjustable (USCG requires an all around white light at night).

n Perko base and gasket.

n Installation at factory (optional, but recommended) 

Solar Panel. Includes:

• n Folding three panel.  Charges battery in about 5 hours.

• n Plugs into electrical panel outlet.  Stores in boat or on canopy.  Includes:

• n Outlet plug.              

Sailing System. Stores inside boat through transom access hatch.  Includes:

• n Telescoping (aluminum) 8-foot mast, two position with push-button release.

• n Gaff (aluminum)

• n Boom (flexible and knock-down).

• n Sail,  4.5 oz Dacron, high performance, (reefs down, or up when used w/ exposure canopy, creating pro-active life boat)

• n Orange sail (optional at extra charge).

• n Two lee boards (floatable and stored under rear seat).

• n Kick-up rudder (three position) and Rudder post (stores under rear seat), and aluminum tiller with stainless steel rudder/tiller connector.

• n Gudgeons (with pintle lock).

• n Rigging lines, Harken blocks, Traveler.

Exposure Canopy. Transforms boat into 4-person, hard bottom, unsinkable, proactive life raft (when used with sailing rig or oars).  Self-rights empty boat.  Stores inside boat or is pre-set on gunwales.  Includes:

• n Three-section canopy (with 6” dia. flotation tubes around entire gunwale and two 6” dia. support arches).  Adds 258 lbs of flotation. 

• n Bow and stern tubes inflate by hand pump or by two CO2 cylinders (in 17 seconds). 

• n Zip in middle section (with two 6”dia. flotation pods orally inflated).

• n Two top-off/pressure relief valves.

• n Two inflation valves (US Navy approved), two 230 gram CO2 cylinders.

• n Canopy material USCG recommended orange outside, blue inside (anti-nausea).

• n Canopy secured to boat with 12 stainless steel pad-eyes (pad-eyes permanently mounted on boat gunwale).

• n Three windows (1 forward, 2 side).

• n Four SOLAS approved reflective strips.

• n Hole with flap for mast.

• n Rain catcher and spout.

• n Adjustable bow and stern straps to allow access to sea-anchor or tiller.

• n USN approved bellows hand pump.

Note that if you intend to pre-set the exposure canopy, you need to use a boat cover, to keep the canopy from accidentally inflating.

Sea Anchor and Rode. Designed by Fiorentino Para-Anchor.  Highly recommended for survival use. Includes:

n Rugged 30”dia. para-anchor (with patented stainless steel swivel ring shackle, and with buckle straps for storing the canopy in a self-contained bundle

n 70’ of 3/8” dia. rode.

Boarding Ladder/Fender.  Multi-Function Cylinder functions as a boarding ladder, grab line, fender, and foot support to right boat. Includes:

• n Foam cylinder with Sunbrella cover serves as a fender.

• n Web boarding ladder is rolled around foam cylinder and when pulled serves as ladder.

• n Line through cylinder secures to boat and serves as a grab line.

Boat Cover, plain.  Light gray, Odyssey III, 6.5 oz/sq yd, coated polyester,  with 12”deep skirt.  Special color, extra charge. (Required when using exposure canopy in pre-set mode).  Includes:

• n Bungee cord around perimeter of skirt for snug fit.

• n Two 1” webbing straps with stainless steel cam buckles pass under bottom of boat to secure cover.

• n Four grommet holes for access to tie-down through-holes in boat.

Boat Cover for Davits.  Same as boat cover.  Additionally includes:

• n Two 24” double pull zippers to access davit lifting lines to Portland Pudgy lifting bridles.

• n Two 24” double pull zippers to access Portland Pudgy davit harness spring lines to lifting eye bolts on Pudgy.

Boat Cover for Weaver Davits. Same as boat cover. Additionally includes:

• n Two 12” double pull zippers for access to Weaver Davit mounting eye.

• n Two reinforced access holes for davit mounting eye.

Weaver Davits. A removable, rugged stainless steel, davit system for boats with swim platforms.  Includes:

• n Two removable heavy duty eye pins and backer plates for Pudgy.

• n Two snap davit heads for swim platform.

• n Two stand off arms (included, but price varies with length).

Davit Harness. Used with double arm type davit system. Highly recommended to support weight of dinghy.  Secures dinghy horizontally or vertically (to avoid dinghy filling with water in a following sea).  All stainless steel hardware.  Includes:

• n Two lifting bridles (secured to four lifting eyes on Pudgy).

• n One “H” harness with ratchets for passing under bottom of Pudgy.

• n Two spring lines to stabilize dinghy in heavy seas.