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I think the issues with Duroboat were related to corrosion. I don't remember if I read it on TF or another forum but several failures in very short time from salt water corrosion.
Composite Dinghy
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Nomad Willy
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Light plywood construction will produce the lightest dinghy unless you pay lots of money for graphite, Kevlar ect. But I don't know of any exotic and ultra light dinghies. Minimal fir framing and 1/4" plywood .... absolute minimal expense and minimum weight. Aluminum is close though.
So it's plywood, aluminum or a heavier FG plastic boat. That orange boat in the pics looks a little overbuilt to me.
So it's plywood, aluminum or a heavier FG plastic boat. That orange boat in the pics looks a little overbuilt to me.
markpierce
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That's no dinghy. It is a launch.
Scary
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That's very clever
Damn I gave away a rib with used up tanks and if I had been thinking I could have done this. It does look a little heavy and could have perhaps carried a little more flair forward but what the hell, it looks damn effective.
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I have a Logic Marine 17' center console with a Merc 50 hp 2 stroke. They were rebranded Triumph in the early 2000s, very tough low maintenance boat.
Here is a link to a video about how sturdy they are, they probably wouldn't take this amount of abuse on a weekly basis but one time maybe. They used to make one that looked like a RIB out of the same material, a friend had one with a 20 hp, nice little dingy.
http://youtu.be/OKqjr660neU
Here is a link to a video about how sturdy they are, they probably wouldn't take this amount of abuse on a weekly basis but one time maybe. They used to make one that looked like a RIB out of the same material, a friend had one with a 20 hp, nice little dingy.
http://youtu.be/OKqjr660neU
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