"Skip Gundlach" skipgundlach sez use my name at earthlink dot
fishcatcher (net) - with apologies for the spamtrap wrote:

Hi, Dan, and group,

Joining this discussion very late after being on the boat for the entire
duration of the thread, I have this to offer.

snip, to moving out the majority
of my furniture and a variety of other stuff as we empty our houses in
preparation for moving aboard.

Glad to know you've gotten that far.

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Since we'll have no use for two of them for the first several months to
perhaps more than a year, we're still expecting to defer our second dinghy

We bought our PB second hand (from someone who had two) for $500 and
have had two dinghies almost from the beginning. The inflatable is
good for some things and the PB for other things IMHO, and we have
never been sorry to have two of them.

purchase until we return to St. Thomas after cruising for a year or so.
We'd originally expected to use it for our diving activities (snorkeling and
free diving) but anticipated difficulty getting in and out. Your comments

I have difficulty getting into either dinghy (one inflatable). I have
difficulty getting into the big boat too. PB has a film that they
show at the boat shows that has someone getting in and out from the
water. It may be a more advanced model than ours because ours doesn't
have the flat stern.

and others have confirmed that - and shoreside works for some instances, but
isn't convenient for many others. Despite that, when it's time for a second
dink, we still expect to make the second one a PB.

grandma Rosalie