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(Simon Langford) wrote in message . com...

I've looked at:
- Walker Bay boats (a bit small & unstable without the tube?)
- QuickSilver inflatables (downside is you can't sail them)
- Wetline inflatables (are these any good?)
- Tinker inflatables (they seem a bit heavy).
Are there any others I should consider?

Hi Simon,

It's the old story of compromises - just as there is no single car
that will meet all the needs of the average family (I want an
Espace-sized vehicle with Lotus performance that I can park easily!),
there's no boat that will do all these things.

Within the parameters you set, it seems to me that you really won't
get much in the way of sailing performance - certainly not with more
than one or two occupants.

But the thing that I would be most wary of is using a small light boat
of the type you describe to visit neighbouring bays - a small
inflatable four-up is likely to be at risk if you are in a swell or
waves on the open sea. Four in something smaller than a Mirror is not
ideal for this kind of use. Presumably there is no way that you can
store/moor at sea level rather than at the top of the cliff?

Tim.

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