Actually, my nesting dink IS bigger than your inflatable and cannot
sink. As my 3 kids have been able to swim like fish since they were
tiny, I really dont worry about them and the dink


Bad answer. A toddler is only able to swim for short periods, and quite
poorly when the water is below 50 degrees. In addition your dink will
ride too low in the water to bail properly in any kind of chop. Not the
case with the inflatable. Our dinghy can also carry 1100 lbs and handle
a 9.9 HP for speeds to 20 knots. In an emergency the inflatable in more
versatile, can be left inflated or stowed and just does more, carries
more and has more stowage options. Of course it costs more. Typically a
low end inflatable and 8 HP will set you back 3K. Clearly that's why
you don't have one. And as I said, I have a very nice little 8 foot
sailing/rowing dink as well.
Once again you find yourself coming up short....WAY short!


RB
35s5
NY

Kids, and you should always wear lifejackets in the dink. My dink is
more than 9' long and has far more freeboard than your inflatable. She
will take up to a 6 hp motor but I have no reason to use one. My dink
can be ready to use in much less time than it takes to inflate one (I
know, I have used inflatables) and be back on deck within a few minutes
she is so light. An inflatable is simply a poor unimaginative and
ill-thought choice.

wrote in message
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My god, another crappy unflatable. Hard to stow, hard to inflate, wont
row at all, requires gas, gets holes, you need a real dinghy like mine.
It is a custom built 9' nesting dinghy that fits just right on my
foredeck and is so light I can lift it with one hand. It rows so well
I dont need a motor.
Since you do so little sailing, you might as well use that inflatable
as a toboggan.

Oh **** Off you Dork!

You panty waisted, nesting dinghy, hard shell, oh you can't row it, boo hoo
hoo it might pop a leak, cry baby pseudo purists make me want to PUKE!

You know down deep you'd drop a pant load just to get your hands on a 2
cycle 15HP Merc mounted to the stern of a 7.5' RIB Inflatable. You have wet
dreams about anchoring your sailboat, jumping into your high powered
inflatable dinghy and while standing knee deep in dive gear... grab the bow
line .... crank the mother-****er on to step in 2 boat lengths and see that
bottom only 6 ft below you scream by enroute to your dive spot!

Look..... everybody thinks a nice hand built wooden pram is a thing of
beauty... but it has no business being towed by a sailboat. On deck they
take up valuable space and you ain't got much real estate on the shrimp
bucket you own!

Think for a second how stupid a hard shell dinghy would look on the deck of
that floating plastic condo Bobsprit has!!! There is barely enough space to
accommodate Bobsprit's massive girth... let alone a huge carbuncle lashed
topside!! He'd be the laughing stock of the LIS!!! It would be like having a
huge stern ladder mounted!

Now something I've been meaning to mention to you.... don't ever try and
pawn off your area as wilderness.... you sail in shallow flats and there is
a bar , resort or marina within a few hours of any location. You want
wilderness... try no radio contact and seeing one other boat in 2 weeks. You
pussy Florida sailors make me laugh when you go on about sailing every day.

CM

Goin east, closest marina is 68 miles, West 40 miles. I'd be perfectly
happy to put you ashore in the swamps here and see if you could get
home.
I thought Bubbles WAS the laughingstock of LIS.
No, my dink is not a wooden beauty cuz unpainted wood doesnt last long
in the sun here. Its simply painted with cheap oars (oars get banged
up real easy)
Yes, I do want a power boat so now I am building a Tolman Skiff (google
it)
Yer takin this whole thing way too serious.

Capt.Mooron wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
My god, another crappy unflatable. Hard to stow, hard to inflate, wont
row at all, requires gas, gets holes, you need a real dinghy like mine.
It is a custom built 9' nesting dinghy that fits just right on my
foredeck and is so light I can lift it with one hand. It rows so well
I dont need a motor.
Since you do so little sailing, you might as well use that inflatable
as a toboggan.

Oh **** Off you Dork!

You panty waisted, nesting dinghy, hard shell, oh you can't row it, boo hoo
hoo it might pop a leak, cry baby pseudo purists make me want to PUKE!

You know down deep you'd drop a pant load just to get your hands on a 2
cycle 15HP Merc mounted to the stern of a 7.5' RIB Inflatable. You have wet
dreams about anchoring your sailboat, jumping into your high powered
inflatable dinghy and while standing knee deep in dive gear... grab the bow
line .... crank the mother-****er on to step in 2 boat lengths and see that
bottom only 6 ft below you scream by enroute to your dive spot!

Look..... everybody thinks a nice hand built wooden pram is a thing of
beauty... but it has no business being towed by a sailboat. On deck they
take up valuable space and you ain't got much real estate on the shrimp
bucket you own!

Think for a second how stupid a hard shell dinghy would look on the deck of
that floating plastic condo Bobsprit has!!! There is barely enough space to
accommodate Bobsprit's massive girth... let alone a huge carbuncle lashed
topside!! He'd be the laughing stock of the LIS!!! It would be like having a
huge stern ladder mounted!

Now something I've been meaning to mention to you.... don't ever try and
pawn off your area as wilderness.... you sail in shallow flats and there is
a bar , resort or marina within a few hours of any location. You want
wilderness... try no radio contact and seeing one other boat in 2 weeks. You
pussy Florida sailors make me laugh when you go on about sailing every day.

CM

You are the pansy. You never sailed Hudson Bay. You never sailed Baffin
Island. You smoke pole.

wrote in message

Yer takin this whole thing way too serious.

That very statement illustrates the abysmal depth of your confusion as to
who is what......

CM

"Bluto" wrote in message

You are the pansy. You never sailed Hudson Bay. You never sailed Baffin
Island. You smoke pole.

Sailed.... ???
I sailed the Beaufort and parts of the Northwest Passage. Been on Hudson Bay
in a boat many times, Baffin Island as well up around Arctic Bay & Igloolik

Smoke Pole?????????

CM

Smoke Pole?????????



Bluto admitted to being gay some time back and occasionally makes a
grotesque comment as above.


RB
35s5
NY

Nutsy,

The Inflatable can also be partially deflated, rolled and tied unto the
foredeck as easily as a nestling dink. With a good electric pump can be
inflated easier than putting a nesting dingy together.

Neither one does little to improve the appearance and clutter of the
foredeck. That is why I have two clips on my stern pulpit an a line off
my back stay and carry my inflatable there. Also is a convenent place
the carry a portable ice box, a big thermos of coffee and a six pack of
beer. Keeps the Cockpit clear.

Ole Thom



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