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But if it's not going to go up on deck... 
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then it's tougher than an inflatable but with the flotation of one. I have never understood how people can sail with their forward view being the transom of a dink. We roll up our air-floor Achilles and lash it on the foredeck.
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- Late season, another cruiser left Rockport this weekend, headed south.
- We had a rigid plastic dinghy in the Carribean and it was a good compromise.
- 128 pounds. That's a lot for a 7'7" dinghy.
- Sorry, but the appeal of those things is completely lost on me...
- The hard dinghy vs inflatable debate, is like politicts. A "fools errand",
to try to change someones preference.
- And here's that Nesting dinghy in use.
- Inflatable is better than hard. It has to do with safety.
- That's nonsense, Dan. The only time we "lost" our kids, they were in an inflatable.
- It was your choice of inflatable"Tom that was the problem...
- Funny Story on my first time using Dink
- An anchor and VHF radio
- Smart advice.
- I donno, I think I'd have a hard time with a pointy danforth
- Smart advice.
- our AB rowed really nice. Did it all the time
- It was your choice of inflatable"Tom that was the problem...
- That's nonsense, Dan. The only time we "lost" our kids, they were in an inflatable.
- And here's that Nesting dinghy in use.
- But if it's not going to go up on deck...
- So I guess none of these boats are you Jon?
- The hard dinghy vs inflatable debate, is like politicts. A "fools errand",
- Here's another, more complimentary picture....
- Sorry, but the appeal of those things is completely lost on me...
- 128 pounds. That's a lot for a 7'7" dinghy.
- We had a rigid plastic dinghy in the Carribean and it was a good compromise.