My nesting dinghy is overall a little more than 9' long but has a flat
bow so she has huge amounts of room. Although she is very light and
easy to put together, I realize I coulda made her smaller cuz she is
almost too big. She has much more freeboard than an inflatable and
will take an outboard although she rows and tracks so well that there
is no need. I am certain I can have my dinghy in the water and
assembled and be halfway to shore before Rob can even find the valve on
his inflatable.
My kids are used to both canoes and kayaks and the dink is more stable
than either. However, I am worried about Robs kid as Rob seems to
imply that kids there do not wear lifejackets in the dink. Darwinism
in action I s'pose.
I agree that a nesting dink would not improve the looks of The Cheap
French Whore and since he never leaves the dock this is a major
consideration.