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I’ve got a 9′ inflatable with an outboard. It’s functional for what I’m
doing, but…I used to cruise with a super-solid Trinka sailing/rowing dinghy. It was
great! Fun for exploring harbors and lagoons or just messing around. It
rowed smartly, too, and I had a small kicker to put on when I wanted to
motor. I’m thinking I’d like to get back to that, but want something lighter
for ease of hoisting in the davits. 9′ seems about as big as will ride
comfortably back there.Anyone have any ideas for lightweight designs, styles, materials, whatever?
Thanks,
Tor
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Tor, on my way to RI after completing major makeover on Wavemaker: paint,
headliner, water tanks and pressure system, water heater, fridge. Many
thanks to those who recommended Sea Frost from Hawaii. A great evaporator
unit with ice. ICE! After 20 years, ICE! Amazing.I use a hard bottomed AVON. 9′ dinghy with a merc 9.9. My daughter calls it
the rocket ship. Flies. I had a walker day sailor, not as good. Even though
you could pull a rig up and sail around the mooring field wherever. Couldn’t
handle a motor. The AVON rows well when you need to.Hope all is well.
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Hi Thatcher,
Wavemaker’s facelift sounds awesome! But do you have ice? (just kidding)
My 9′ inflatable flies, too, with 8 HP and me alone, and rows OK for an
inflatable. It’s practical, too, for loading, snorkeling, etc.. This I know.
But a little sailboat is another kind of fun, and a row boat you can put
your back into just feels good sometimes. I guess I’ll see what turns up.All is well enough, thanks. Island life agrees with me.
Tor
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These little guys are not cheap but they sail awesome. Not sure about auxiliary power but they row awesome too. The wife and I worked at a funky little traditional boatyard and there were quite a few of these we maintained. I’ve sailed one and have considered going this route for cruising. Nothing like tooling around a sweet little Caribbean harbor under sail!
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Tor, they make a little 8 footer too, I think pretty hard to find.
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I have a 9 foot Fatty Knees that is wonderful. Rows great and is stable. I have all the sailing rigging but have not sailed it. Never sailed anything that small.
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Aloha Tor: I’ve been checking into a Portaboat (some call it fold-a-boat). The benefits are obvious: takes up very little room (4″ when folded) and easily tied to the lifeline stanchions, lightweight, ability for an outboard, planes easily with even a 2.5 hp outboard, and can be fitted with a lateen sail. Of course, you don’t have the hassle of inflation to deal with either. I’m sold and plan to buy one this year. Check out their website.
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Tor, as you may recall from prior posts, I moved about 90 days ago from New York City to a very horsey place near Charlottesville Virginia, about 20 miles away. I have so many friends here and sometimes I teach at the university’s law school, so it feels really great to be out of the rat race.
But there is nothing like the high and peace I obtain from spending two or more weeks on the boat during a pretty-well self-scheduled August where I have nothing to do or at least, nothing due.
Two years ago Irene plowed up the Hudson Valley, the High winds on her sides drove a boat off their mooring and crashing into wavemaker at a place called Sippican harbor in Marion, Massachusetts. I know who the bastards are but they have yet to fess up and provide insurance for all the damage they did to my boat. I’m going to sue them probably this fall.
That expense Combined with a really bad year in 2012 Kept Me out of the water. And like most pilots who lost their medicals and started sailing , again, in my case, boats turn out to be so much like airplanes. If you leave an airplane on the tarmac for a week or two without flying it, almost half it’s systems will turn to shit. The same was true with my boat. 2012 was a great year and 2013 will be even better, hence the improvements.
And for once in my life as I sit gazing at my beloved Narragansett Bay and Block Island in the distance, I will have ice in my dark and stormy on my boat.
Now that’s what I call an improvement.
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Quote:Hi Thatcher,Wavemaker’s facelift sounds awesome! But do you have ice? (just kidding)
My 9′ inflatable flies, too, with 8 HP and me alone, and rows OK for an
inflatable. It’s practical, too, for loading, snorkeling, etc.. This I know.
But a little sailboat is another kind of fun, and a row boat you can put
your back into just feels good sometimes. I guess I’ll see what turns up.All is well enough, thanks. Island life agrees with me.
Tor
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Tor: I have a beautiful Boston Whaler Squall, which is a 9 foot sailer, rowboat, and takes up to a 15hp motor. I have had the boat for over 20 years and used it as a dinghy for my previous Pearson 323, although it was too heavy to get up onto the boat. It towed great on a painter since it has a full length keelson, then for sailing it has a retractable centerboard keel. It towed so well that on a following sea it would outurn the big boat and often crashed into the stern ladder. Not good. I took it as a winter project last year, took it home and did a total refurbish. After major sanding & glass repairs it has 2 coats of Interlux system 2000 barrier coat on the whole thing , and then is finished with Interlux brightside. Finished out really nice. Now I don’t want to scratch it, so it just sits in my garage. I took an old West Marine 9ft inflatable to Georgetown this year and it just totally came apart. I replaced it with a hard bottom inflatable when I got back to Marathon, and still don’t use the Boston Whaler. I hope you can see the pics at this url if it works: https://picasaweb.google.com/101211161196102038779/BostonWhalerDinghy2012?authkey=Gv1sRgCLWXuJKX3-XeuQE#
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Yep, you went and made her too pretty; gained a gem, but lost a sailboat.
Hopefully, one of these days you’ll take her out and scratch her up.Beautiful restoration, though.
Tor
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I’ll have to find something more local, Quent. There’s a small fleet of
assorted sailing dinghies that appear here (in Tyrell Bay, Carriacou) every
Sunday, some from the boats anchored here, some local expats. That’s what
set me off on this quest, seeing all these midgets slip-sliding through the
fleet, heaving-to for a chat, vanishing into the mangrove lagoon and
reappearing with a fresh mutton snapper for lunch, and generally having a
good old time. I want one!Quote:
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That’s a nice dink, Bob. In some places tooling around in a sailing dinghy
can be exceptionally fun, a quiet, civilized way to go boat-seeing,
bird-watching and simply gunk-holing. Maybe you just haven’t hung out in
those places yet. Plus it sharpens your sailing skills. Nothing more direct
than a sheet in one hand and a tiller in the other. I miss it.Tor
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Joe: about the weight of the Boston Whaler Squall, it used to be about 300#s before I restored it. That is because the liner had been breached and there was water in the flotation stuff in the hull. I had to open her up and let her cook out for several months in the garage. Now that that she is sealed and dry, I would guess she is about half that weight. Lighter, but still more than I want to single hand up onto my deck. I don’t have davits, and have wondered if they might carry the weight.
And, Tor: as for sailing the small boat, I find as much pleasure in that as I do making a crossing in the big boat. When I had a sea-scout ship we would require the kids to sail a sunfish efficiently without a rudder so they would know the feel and characteristics of sail trim and weight distribution. I still think that affects sailing a big boat, only it is harder to “feel”.
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Tor
You might consider a Hobie kayak. They are reasonably light, narrow enough to stow on one side of the cabin top. They power three ways, paddle, sail, or a flipper system that is foot powered like a recumbent bike. It makes a good dinghy with a surprising amount of stowage. We have one and like it a lot. They even make one specifically for fishing.
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Thanks for showing that to me, Quent. An interesting watercraft.
Tor
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