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From: Peter Ogilvie (no email)
Date: Wed Mar 22 2006 - 01:01:51 EST
Get two dinghys, an inflatable for diving and possibly racing around anchorages, and a rigid dinghy for exploring. With two people on the boat, one of you will be a prisoner when the other goes ashore or one of you will be stuck on shore if the other elects to go back to the boat. Could not see a couple going on a cruise without a dinghy for each.
Inflatables don't row well so really beg for an engine. An engine is one more thing to go wrong, however. We did row an Avon Redcrest all over the Pacific and sometimes for miles but it wasn't easy. Would have given a fortune for a sailing rig for our rigid dink whose only redeeming value was that it fit where we needed to store it. An 8'-10' sailing dink will row very well and is capable of going very long distances under sail. Really hate outboards and the unthinking people who insist on roaring past our boat at all hours of the day and night. Sailing is just such a great way to get around without mucking with the environment.
This is an interesting concept that I think I'll be buying for our new old boat: http://www.portlandpudgy.com/index.html Google Fatty Knees dinghy for a quality built sailing dinghy that is also 'sposed to be super though very pricey.
Aloha
Peter O.
Sharon Bradshaw <> wrote:
Hi Peter O,
The question of what size dinghy and design is something we have
explored. The ones I'm familiar with have a motor, not sail. So I
guess there must be dinghy's that sail as well as motor. Using the
dinghy to explore the local area is part of the wonder of sailing.
Can't wait to do i!
I have been within spitting distance of a Sea Elephant They are huge!
Also, up close and personal with whales, too. Glad we will be on a
big and solid sailboat.
I find it sorta weird that I'm making this huge leap and no real
hours at sea. Experience before had is the logical way to make the
transition. I suspect that won't happen in this case. I can't wait to
see what I will feel when I spend my first night and day out of sight of land.
Thank you for sharing your ideas with me. Very insightful.
Cheers,
Sharon
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