On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 17:53:37 -0500, Harryk
wrote:

On 1/16/11 5:47 PM, Frogwatch wrote:
The nesting dinghy was a PITA that constantly snagged jib sheets and
filled with water when towed. So, I gave it away.
So, next experiment, an 8' Porta-Bote I am looking at on Craigslist
and will get a 2.5 hp motor for.

So far I have tried:

an 8' Nautilus dinghy--------Far too heavy. Gave it away
a Sevylor inflatable. It was crap
an inflatable kayak. It was crap but wore it out.
the nesting 2-Paw-9 dinghy, home built. Snags sheets and does not
tow well. Gave it away.


Well, you could always get yourself a proper dinghy. Of course, I don't
know what you mean by too heavy. The Dyer Dhow weighs about 100 pounds,
and is about as nice a hard-sided dink you can get.

http://www.dyerboats.com/dyer_dhow.html


They've been around a long, long time.


We're down in Key West right now amidst a rather eclectic collection
of serious cruisers and liveaboards. The dinghy choice seems to be
evenly split between RIBs in the 10 to 12 ft range and ratty old
Carolina Skiffs of about 12 to 13 ft. The liveaboards mostly favor
the ratty skiffs.

In addition to a couple of RIBs (carrying only one), we also own an
old inflatable Avon with the roll up aluminum floor and hard transom.
The roll up Avon gave us a lot of good service aboard several
different sailboats. We also took it on a lot of road trips in the
back of a Dodge caravan. With a 15 horse Merc it will plane 3 or 4
people.