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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.
            • The payload,....
              • I want to see that scenario in a 3 foot chop.
                • 1 foot would have sunk them. Moms know when to say when.
              • MOM rowing yeah!!!!
            • I really enjoyed watching our own David P row his family and their dog around Lunenberg...
              • btw, here's a good piece by Tom Zydler on beefing up an inflatable's oarlocks for rowing...
                • Nice article! It's wonderful to see more people rowing their inflatables.
              • Jon, Jim would lap you in his Pudgy, no problem.
          • 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...
                • I didn't open it until the kitchen cleared.
              • 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
                  • Mushrooms don't grab the botom
                  • We have found a small bruce to be the perfect dinghy anchor
                    • I keep my dinghy danforth in a container
                      • Ours mounts under the forward thwart.
                    • I agree, I think one of the most important features in a dinghy anchor...
                      • I have a small fortress with 6' of chain on 75' of nylon
                        • Oh no, not a -dinghy-, anchor thread
                          • Hey, some of us need this... we're newbies...
                            • Sorry, I was kidding on the anchor war.
                              • Tom, I understood... no problem... you can kid the new guy.
                                • Beach sandals are essential dinghy gear
                          • You'll get hooked on it -- eventually ;^)))
              • our AB rowed really nice. Did it all the time
        • But if it's not going to go up on deck...
        • So I guess none of these boats are you Jon?
          • Can't figure out how to put multiple pics in a single post
            • I wonder when someone will think to add truck mirrors
              • Here's another way to carry a dinghy.
            • Here's one of my favorites...
              • Looks like that guy had plenty of other windage...
              • Regarding multihulls and dinghy storage convenience - I did not find that to be the case.
                • The first time I used davits...
                  • That Maine Cat looks much slicker than the normal cat arrangement...
                • It depends on the setup
      • Here's another, more complimentary picture....
        • LOL! That's harsh.
        • I can't agrue the asthetics, but let's talk to a real user, Jim.
          • Picture of a bunch of chicks simply eating up a Portland Pudgy
            • Looks like it was squashed...
        • Clearly not a case of " being out of one's gourd"