The wood floor is going to be an annual maintenance chore. I used to Cetol
mine annually, with a strip and start over every three years. Still needed
some epoxy repair from time to time. No experience with the inflatable
floor, but I'd sure look for a dink with a plastic floor, whether rigid or
inflatable. How about the Boat/US Seaworthy line? Hypalon and built pretty
well.

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Folks,

I'm replacing my West Marine dingy with a Hypalon model, probably from
Achilles.

I'm looking at the plywood floor version versus the high pressure
floor. My West Marine dink had the high pressure floor, which was
forever leaking air.

Any thoughts on the relative merits of plywood versus high pressure
floors?

We use this in the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Bermuda and Caribbean, as
tender and dive/snorkeling boat, for a couple of months a year. Kids
treated the former dingy very hard, but they are growing/off-to-college
so it's more a matter of my wife and myself, who need less speed and
are kinder to the boat. But it's nice to plane to head longish
distances for supplies.

TIA,

Jack, Seawind II "Voyager"