towing ringo

fruitbat · 30 May 2009, 17:07

i have just bought a ringo and a bridle thing to attatch to the transom some how, can anyone tell me how this bridle fastens to the transom, my transom has two eyelets and i guess they fasten to them but how, any help appreciated my boat is a quicksilver 3.10 m

chewy · 30 May 2009, 17:34

Can you not use shackles or carabiners?

fruitbat · 30 May 2009, 19:24

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Originally Posted by chewy

Can you not use shackles or carabiners?

hi chewy, what do you mean by carabiners and shackles

chewy · 30 May 2009, 19:31

Shackles are the ones with the bat through, carabiner has the eye in.
I've bought them off uk yacht rigging supplies on ebay, does a few boat bits.

treerat · 30 May 2009, 21:21

Lidl is due to have them in again soon - big pack for a few quid.

fruitbat · 31 May 2009, 08:13

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Originally Posted by chewy

Shackles are the ones with the bat through, carabiner has the eye in.
I've bought them off uk yacht rigging supplies on ebay, does a few boat bits.

hi, the bridle thing has them carabiners at the ends already and the eyelets are small and lower down as so i cannot fit them through or hook them on, i thought there might be something you buy to link it through somehow ...

chewy · 31 May 2009, 08:20

If the eyelets are that small I'd be a bit wary of what load they can take.
An alternative would be fit some rope and tie/splice it off through the eyelets and then clip the carabiners through that.

fruitbat · 31 May 2009, 14:20

will try that, but will check with quicksilver to check it would be ok first, thanks

Sinistre1 · 12 June 2009, 00:57

Fruitbat,

Did you ever get a chance to try out the ringo? I'm figuring if you can tow one with 3.10 and 9.9hp, I should be ok with my rig. So how'd it go???