It would if you hade to slow down quickly from a high speed...

another way u can do it is get a longish poll and put it at the back of the point pointing outwards... tie a loop around the poll. use the towing rope and put it throgh the loop there for when slowing down the little tender cannot hit the back of the boat...

so instead u get a pole through the back of ur boat?

i think the best way is to just ease into the slow down dont stop into netrul straight from high speeds just slow down gradulaly then the tinny will be moving slow to then just lean over the back and push it away wen it gets to close.

cheers

like the best way danno, a pole at the back of of a boat would piss off other boaters at the ramps

another thing, dont go out into the sound in a 6m swell with 40+ knot winds. you can take all safety 'precorshens' but it still wont help you ;) ;)

Mch better to tow it with a bridle (equal tow points) as this stops the tender swinging / cutting back and forth across the wake - did this towing a tender from Dampier to the Monties after first nearly loosing it with a single tow point  - even at full sail and a twenty knot windy trip back it towed perfectly

And yes slow up gently and there will be no problems 

You can tow it easily but not at any great speed and if you slow down gently not stop suddenly it will not run in to the back of your boat.

You will have to adjust the length of the tow so that the dinghy sits on the back of the  wave behind the towing boat otherwise it will surf down and broach. It may take 4 or more goes untill you get it right.

Another tip is to tie the rope on to the eye that you use to winch the boat up on to its trailer, this lifts the nose up while towing.

it will only run into the bigger boat if you are going down hill??? lol

Sorry David...couldn't help myself  :)

Throw an object of the back of the small boat on a rpe and it will slow it down. When we used to have our boats towed to the Islands by the carrier boat we used a tyre but I dont think you will need something that big, maybe a beach towel

The biggest issue isn't the dinghy hitting your boat. You need a tow person who can handle the boat when you slowing or stopping. Mostly due to the rope needs to be kept well clear of the prop. Any slack at all and the exhaust and momentiom alone will be enough to pull the rope into the prop. Often when you stop if you come in slowerly enough you will normally find the boat will not run into your boat but will actually turn of to the left or right.

I tow a small center console around and you need to be aware of what you doing. As has been said it needs to sit very well back and on the back endge of the wave so that the nose sits up. The faster or slower you go this length will have to change.

One last point is to have a second safety rope hooked onto the boat( tender ) allready that if your main line snapps you can come close and retrieve the second line with a boat hook keeping thw two boats apart at sea is harder than it seems. Throw in a bit of swell, wind waves and you'll smash something if not carefull.

Kingfisher that is very cleaver..See you can learn new things everyday.

small chute size of a side plate will provide the drag needed to prevent it hitting you and will make it more stable to tow.
Other trick to avoid prop wraps, is to have some polystyrine floats on the line, they don't weigh much, but keep the rope afloat and out of harms way

cheers

Wouldn't  worry about dragging anything off the tinny .....providing you set it back on the wash as Carnarvonite has mentioned ( 30-40 metres) ,use a bridal between two points on the tow boat and attach to the trailer hook on the tinny , have the outboard tilted up and very secure you wont have any problems.

Might be an idea to have some weight in the tinny ....... I normally use the craypots for this .A bit of weight will stop the air getting under it.You will need someone on the back to fend it off while on a short rope in the harbours

Oh and use a decent tow line .........The last time I towed my centre console across to rotto the rope broke and I'd gone on a few miles before we realised.

Had to go find it !!!

lol thats funny indiana could see that happening easily

Actually happens more than you'd think. With fiberglass boats the standard tow point really isn't big enough. So i fit one that is a thick as you your finger. below the original one. that way i have two if one ever does break.

As i said it all depends on how fast you tow. I tow my tender ( 4.6 mtrs ) still at 20 knots. As said if you set it right and don't do any tight turns you'll be laughing.

Anougher good point is if you tilt the engine up tie it of so it can't turn on you. And yeah check the boat often. With twin petrols i can feel it on the back.   

Something like Indiana's you would even know it was there.

One morepoint is if im my own or light shipped (help) i will often raft the boat along side when coming into tight manouveres. Like Geordie bay... 

i have heard of tenders running into the back of the mother ship but mainly due to being too close . the longer the rope the better. even if you come to a sudden stop with enough rope out to your tender it will have plenty of time to loose speed. maybe look at a rope the length of something like a ski rope. should be long enough

for all the help guys

for all the help guys

what kind of boat have you got indiana .....sounds like a monster