Seconding the thoughts on the Trinka --we have had one for the past 9
years and love it. We also have the sailing rig for it, so in
addition to being the car when we were cruising, it's a great toy. It
stows upside down behind the mast on Arione (Mason 44), and we can
launch or retrieve it from the water in < 5 minutes using a block and
tackle. It we need it to be super stable for some reason (usually a
large load), we have a pair of dinghy dogs we can put on it, which
make it as stable as any inflatable. For the money, I've never had as
much fun with one boat as with this one.
On Aug 24, 2009, at 10:34 AM, 'bella wrote:
mmm having had both.. I much prefer a hard dink. Not all of us have
or want motors..
I like rowing, at times.. other times I Like my trolling motor.. I
am not much in a hurry to go awaywhere fast at my age. >:) My
last hard dingy was very tender, but I got used to it and nevern
much noticed. Loaned it to a freind with a very active jack russell
terrier. She swore she would never have a hard dink after that
trip. I personally hoped that the yapper would fall overboard and
drown. Unfortunately Genny turned out to be a very good swimmer.
The whole dink question is a very much to each his/her own
situation. Spend the money on a Fatty Knees or some other pricey
hard dink and have it, theoretically forever. Spend the money on an
inflatable and have it for 10 or so yrs, in theory... of course you
have to remember to put a set of dingy chaps on it to keep the
pontoons from rotting in the tropical sun..that is IF you get that
far south.. then there are those that are not hard bottomed and you
come up on a rocky beach or such.. its all very much a matter of
taste in my book.
I had a trinka.. and will get one again when I can afford it.. worth
every penny I spent.
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Ben Okopnik <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:25:41AM -0400, [email protected]
wrote:
>
> And then there is also the flying dinghy...
I had one of those, actually. Didn't even pay that much for it. :)
On my first cruise in the Bahamas, I anchored at Galliot Cay shortly
before a huge front came through. In the space of 5 minutes, the
weather
went from "perfect Bahamian" to 70kt by the anemometer and gusting
higher - and then back to normal 10-15 minutes later. During that
short
stretch, though, my hard dinghy took flight: flipped over and stayed
up
in the air, flapping, and didn't touch the water for several minutes.
Fortunately, I had taken everything (except the oars, unfortunately...
I thought they were safe, since they were clipped in!) out of the
dinghy. Pulling it out of the water after the front had passed (it
sank,
of course) was fun too - good thing I didn't have a motor on it.
I don't recommend it to anyone, even if you do get to say "I had a
flying dinghy once!" afterwards. :)
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