Wednesday, March 22, 2017

and yet more dinghies...

What real voter fraud looks like, some not exactly surprising news, and in the "You'd really think that the President of the frelling US of A would have more important issues to deal with than a cute kitten website" department...

So yeah, more nesting dinghies.

The FishBote is too big for my purposes nesting at just a kiss less than six-feet. That said, it is an easy build, rows well, and the only thing I'd change is to add some enclosed flotation. Over at the Adventure Adrift youtube channel they are doing a three-part series of building just such a beast in Mexico to replace their stolen Walker Bay which is worth checking out.

The Woods Designs Duo is another nesting dinghy that nests into a 5' 6" X 3' 3" footprint with a nested height of 22". With a beam of only 3' 3" some may express concern with stability but I've never had any issues with stability in any of our Bolger Tortoises with a beam of 3' 2" so I'd discount that issue from the start. I should also add that for sailing (and general safety) purposes Woods has added two inflatable tubes that make a lot of sense in the whole hard dinghy does not play well with other boats thing and do make the boat unsinkable as well.



There is a huge amount of information on the Woods website you should check out but the bottom line is it is a pretty neat boat that is quick/easy/cheap to build.

Some different approaches to the dinghy stowage issue next...

Listening to Ryo Fukui

So it goes...