Those things are a joke. I've seen them. When you put
an outboard motor on the transom they sort of flex
their way through the water.

Inflatables also flex. Portaboats work well. I just wasn't aware they could be
easily launched from a small sailboat.
Neal, do actually know anything?

RB

RB,

Our Pot Luck Yacht Club (Squalicum) have Dink Racers, on our Raft Up,
for the Youngters. The portaboats win every time. They are good tenders.

They are carried and tied to the inside of the lifelines. They are
opened on the fore deck and lowered and slid over the lifelines, into
the water. Very easily. Retrived the same way.

OT

Maybe I should keep mine after all. Then I wouldn't need storm shutters on
one side of the cabin. A sailboard for the other side perhaps? They run
well with a goodly powered electric OB as well. Still . . .. . I'mkeeping
my dinjy. (Dinghy to you). I have the shorter one and it cost $300 at Bad
Bob's Bargain Boat Basement (Entrance One Flight Up). I do not however find
them particularly easy to open or close. They seem to develop a memory
when in one position or the other and actively fight change. Make sure,
like one RV'er, you don't end up inside . . . . .. .

MST