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• Pros and Cons for a Air deck, air keel inflatable dinghy?
  • Wondering the same thing... who has the good deals right now?
    • Defender, and Busters boats have some good deals
  • We've had one for 13 years
  • We have an '03 Mercury 270 Hypalon we purchased from Defender
  • I don't think you can seriously cruise with one.
    • Make that,, there are no 'pros'
    • Hey Dan...
      • We spent 2 months in Mex + 5 years cruising with a rollup dinghy
        • Hey Justin, good to see your name again...
          • Sorry about the pic
          • Hi Todd. J/120.
            • You didn't miss a lot...
              • Precisely
                • I look forward to seeing you when you come to Maine...
            • Madrid is wonderful!
            • J/120, that's a very nice sailboat. Congrats!
            • So, it's YOU who's been whining about the cost of an Awlgrip job over @ Sailing Anarchy, eh...? (grin)
              • Indeed...
                • They do look nice in flag blue~
                  • I believe that is a J/42...
                    • Dark colors are beautiful but much more difficult to keep that way
        • Justin! -- How are you doing. Good to hear from you again.
          • Life is good!
      • Understood
        • Did you have bicycles onboard?
          • Justin, do you have a watermaker?
            • No, but...
              • Observations from my experience and those of others we've met.
                • I agree that the dinghy is more important...
                • RIBs are nice BUT...
        • Dan y I agree you can not under estimate the value of an good dink
          • When our Yamaha 15 was stolen I was almost glad
            • our is an 9.8 4 stroke and 84 lb
            • You guys with your Hummer dinghies slay me... (grin)
              • Ooh. Beauty of a spot!
              • leaving for Brunswick on Thursday
                • power cat?
                  • Not ours, a friends,,,
              • Jon, all that comment and yet...
        • Re exploring: OTOH, with a smaller "main boat," you often can take that exploring...
          • ...yep, with a 3' 4" draft we can
            • I thought of that.
            • 3'4" of water, I wish I could go there.
    • I don't know about "seriously"
    • I guess you mean by "cruise"?
      • airfloors
      • Few boats are designed for...
    • We have cruised the Sea for the last 4years for 6 monts at a time
      • The thing that "gets me" about the port-a-boat...
    • we did 3 season in Mexico with a Redcrest
      • Same advice you gave me when we left for the Bahamas Tom...
        • ...should have been under Tom's post above
        • I know, truth is, we even talked about getting a motor this past season,...
  • Air Floors
    • Light weight RIB
  • We've had a used Zodiac Fastroller 310 since 2003
    • Scoprega Bravo BST12 SuperTurbo pump helps!
  • There's probably only two options for me...
    • I vote for tow Ron!
      • I split my vote
        • The time may come for me, now over 3 decades on the east coast.
    • I vote for stow Ron
      • Has anyone
        • All depends on rate of fill
          • I agree Larry, those porta boats ...
        • When I have towed in rough conditions...
        • I think there are very different conditions
          • I towed until it passed me surfing 1/2 full of water.
    • Having owned a Porta-bote in the past
  • Obviously you are missing the point here...
    • Yeah, I shoulda remembered that from our friends in the Bahamas...