Right size dinghy?

[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.
Eeber

 

[Heron]

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

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..

 

[Hawgwash]

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.

Stability?
Speed?
I guess the Chinese just don't know how to build 'em like we did.

 

[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:

 

[Baker]

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:

Now that is an excellent use for those kinds of boats!!!

 

[Nomad Willy]

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.

 

[Hawgwash]

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.

No extended tiller. Just lean yourself t'port and she'll respond t'starboard.