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08-25-2015, 10:25 AM
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Guru
City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 28,119
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Pretty...and great to row...short on utility/stability.
But you do have to love them....
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08-25-2015, 10:53 AM
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TF Site Team
City: Paris,TN
Vessel Name: Slo-Poke
Vessel Model: Jorgensen custom 44
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3,749
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Nice dinghy Rogue
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08-25-2015, 10:57 AM
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Scraping Paint
City: -
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 13,745
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Hawgwash-- Our 36' cabin cruiser came with this. It sits in a cradle on the aft cabin top and is launched with the mast and boom. Great fun to row and sail but too small and unstable to use as a utility/shore boat. So we installed a Livingston on the swimstep. We kept the Montgomery on the cabin top, though, and use it when we stay somewhere long enough to warrant the effort to launch and retrieve it. First photo is a web shot of the same type of dinghy, second shot is our good friends from France rowing ours at Sidney Spit.
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08-25-2015, 12:43 PM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,738
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Rogue,
A very nice looking dinghy. Looks a lot like my own FG dinghy that I don't use because it's too heavy.
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North Western Washington State USA
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08-25-2015, 01:15 PM
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TF Site Team
City: Paris,TN
Vessel Name: Slo-Poke
Vessel Model: Jorgensen custom 44
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 3,749
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Quote:
Originally Posted by manyboats
Rogue,
A very nice looking dinghy. Looks a lot like my own FG dinghy that I don't use because it's too heavy.
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Our Trinka 10 is heavy also. I think the Walker Bay 8 footer we have is less than 1/2 the weight .Rowing dinghies are real courting machines
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08-26-2015, 07:16 AM
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Senior Member
City: Tasmania
Vessel Model: Old Town Loon
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 218
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Has anyone ever looked at one of these?
The dinghy I mean. They are a little on the heavy side at 75Kg but seem very stable and are also very tough. Yes again I mean the dinghy.
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08-26-2015, 10:00 AM
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Guru
City: Diberville Mississippi
Vessel Name: KnotDoneYet
Vessel Model: 1983 42' Present Sundeck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 2,450
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That's a great looking... Ship . I've never seen one- but once considered a roto molded tri hull that swam sells. This is a much better looking dink than the one at WM IMO.
1983 Present 42 Sundeck
Twin Lehman 135's
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Steve Point Cadet/ Biloxi, Mississippi USA
*Present 42 twin 135 Lehmans
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08-26-2015, 10:12 AM
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Guru
City: Cape Cod
Vessel Name: Slip Aweigh
Vessel Model: Prairie 29
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,219
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Get the dink you want. For the canal, pull it up on it's transom. That way it's vertical and doesn't stick out either side. I made the mistake ( in haste while sale was on at WM) and bought a high pressure floor With the wood floor. WAY overkill. Weighs 118lbs. Way to heavy for everyday use. I tried to remove the floorboards but the directions say to not run it this way. I didn't know about the differences in dinghys between high pressure, hard board floor and roll up (regarding weight) and how important it would be when lifting it up on the cabin top. I way overestimated how much I CAN lift versus how much I WANT to lift.
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08-26-2015, 10:36 AM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,738
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cappy I think I found out the hard way.
Had a roll-up and bought another dink that looked just like it except it dodn't have the flat plywood transom. I assumed the transom was the heavy part. That dinghy had tubes all around the stern w no transom. I assumed it to be light like the one at WM but when I lifted/pulled it up on the cabin roof it seemed a lot heavier than I thought it should be. Must be the inflatable floor. Now I'll prolly need to buy a third ducky and I hate the things.
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North Western Washington State USA
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08-26-2015, 12:43 PM
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TF Site Team/Forum Founder
City: League City, Tx
Vessel Name: Floatsome & Jetsome
Vessel Model: Meridian 411
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 7,332
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Quote:
Originally Posted by roguewave
I don't care for inflatables for some reason so I got on Craigslist and found a used 8' fatty knees, bought it yesterday. What a beautiful dink
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While that is a pretty little boat, it does not have much purpose as a dinghy/tender. It just tugs at sentimental heart strings from a reformed sailboater's past. In the end, if you are cruising, you need something with stability and speed...and the ability to carry stuff.
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Prairie 29...Perkins 4236...Sold
Mainship Pilot 30...Yanmar 4LHA-STP...Sold
Carver 356...T-Cummins 330B...Sold
Meridian 411...T-Cummins 450C
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08-26-2015, 12:48 PM
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Veteran Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 57
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Okay, so I got an Achilles 7'6" with 15.5" tubes with a 3.5 Tohatsu.
Can I keep the tubes firm without worrying about them blowing seams in the heat of the day?
To whomever- Thanks about the tip on the bigger tubes.
Eeber
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08-26-2015, 12:55 PM
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Guru
City: Cypress Landing Marina (NC)
Vessel Name: Heron (2)
Vessel Model: '88 Cape Dory 28 Flybridge #115
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 1,305
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Eeber
Okay, so I got an Achilles 7'6" with 15.5" tubes with a 3.5 Tohatsu.
Can I keep the tubes firm without worrying about them blowing seams in the heat of the day?
To whomever- Thanks about the tip on the bigger tubes.
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You should be fine! I blew my quicksilver up at the start of the season and haven't touched it since. BIG tubes rule, inflatable floor is light and a 27 lb Honda make it easy and practical..
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08-26-2015, 12:55 PM
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Guru
City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,258
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Baker
While that is a pretty little boat, it does not have much purpose as a dinghy/tender. It just tugs at sentimental heart strings from a reformed sailboater's past. In the end, if you are cruising, you need something with stability and speed...and the ability to carry stuff.
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Stability?
Speed?
I guess the Chinese just don't know how to build 'em like we did.
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08-26-2015, 12:58 PM
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Guru
City: Cypress Landing Marina (NC)
Vessel Name: Heron (2)
Vessel Model: '88 Cape Dory 28 Flybridge #115
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 1,305
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A Fatty Knees, and my Bauer 10. If you raise kids around boats, these are a must!
Raft up with your friends for cocktail hour and send the kids off sailing...
or rowing:
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08-26-2015, 01:13 PM
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TF Site Team/Forum Founder
City: League City, Tx
Vessel Name: Floatsome & Jetsome
Vessel Model: Meridian 411
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 7,332
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Heron
A Fatty Knees, and my Bauer 10. If you raise kids around boats, these are a must!
Raft up with your friends for cocktail hour and send the kids off sailing...
or rowing:
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Now that is an excellent use for those kinds of boats!!!
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Prairie 29...Perkins 4236...Sold
Mainship Pilot 30...Yanmar 4LHA-STP...Sold
Carver 356...T-Cummins 330B...Sold
Meridian 411...T-Cummins 450C
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08-26-2015, 01:57 PM
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Guru
City: Concrete Washington State
Vessel Name: Willy
Vessel Model: Willard Nomad 30'
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 18,738
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Hawgwash,
That's a lot like our dinghy. I never have run it like that though. You need an extended tiller or an appropriate size crew member as ballast.
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North Western Washington State USA
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08-26-2015, 02:19 PM
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Guru
City: Sidney
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 2,258
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Quote:
Originally Posted by manyboats
Hawgwash,
That's a lot like our dinghy. I never have run it like that though. You need an extended tiller or an appropriate size crew member as ballast.
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No extended tiller. Just lean yourself t'port and she'll respond t'starboard.
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