maytrix said:
Seeing the above about the dinghy painter reminds me of another tip.
On a cat with Davits, it is not a bad idea to remove the gas tank from the dinghy. We had our dinghy flip in some big waves one time and lost the tank.
Every boat and system is different here. Ask and make sure the crew understands how to secure the dinghy before you leave the dock. Very good chance a key step was missed. No dinghy should flip in the secure position. Imagine if the engine even with a safety line had detached. What a mess! Every dink should also have a line securing the fuel tank anyway.
There is a lot to master on these boats now. Sometimes it can help to have one person own and master the dink alone.
As part of the boat checkout and boat brief I suggest asking this.
What is different about this boat? What gets crew in trouble or confused on this boat. Is there anything on this boat that regularly has crews calling on the phone for help?
Hidden breaker particularly for the windless can be an example,
Do not be shy here. Every boat has something different about it.
