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Advice on Achilles dink - wood or high pressure floor?
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" |
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My former dinky was an Achilles with a wood floor. Over time the cheezy
finish wore away and the wood started to deteriorate. I just sanded them down and coat them with WEST System. A final coat of WEST with the white pigment mixed in made it look nice and protected it from UV. The new owner is still using it and it still looks pretty good. I considered replacing the wood panels with Starboard but it seemed like the expense wasn;t worth it. If your storage situation will allow it, consider a RIB. Doug s/v Callista wrote in message oups.com... 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" |
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" wrote: 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" Jack, I have had both. The wood floor for more than ten years. I am not great with maintenance so the fact that wood floor eventually rotted out is no surprise to me. I used the boat without a floor for a number of years. I like the air floor. It hasn't leaked in three seasons and I think it is firmer, more comfortable on my footsies, and better with our little 2HP engine. harlan -- To respond, obviously drop the "nospan"? |
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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. -- Keith __ If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? wrote in message oups.com... 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" |
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