[Rhodes22-list] sailing dinghy

[brad haslett]

Rik,

Where did you buy your Fatty Knees?  The website
doesn't list prices and I haven't found a retailer. 
Good Old Boat reviewed 4 dinks and  compared the Fatty
Knees to the Walker Bay as a "Mercedes to a MG
Midget", whatever that is supposed to mean.  A company
in England makes a folding dink called the "Stowaway"
which according to World Champion Alice Driscoll sails
great.  It would easily fit over the aft cabin on the
S2 or on the foredeck of a Rhodes 22.  Cheasapeake
Light Craft makes a pram kit that is probably the
prettiest of all dinks.  It does require about 50
hours of finishing time which means I could have it
ready by the Beijing Olympics (2008).  I swear picking
a big boat is an easier decision.  By the way, have
you figured out where to locate the generator on the
Fatty Knees?

Brad

--- Rik Sandberg <sanderico at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Brad,
> 
> I've got a Fatty Knees 8, by Edey and Duff. I wish I
> could give you a great 
> review on it, but I haven't been able to sail the
> darn thing yet. I have read 
> some great reviews on it though. I had intended to
> take it to K Lake last 
> fall, but things got too busy and we were lucky to
> make it there with what we 
> had.
> 
> You will find that most of the fiberglass dinks that
> are built like the Fatty 
> Knees will run in the $3000 dollar range, if you
> want the sailing package. 
> That's what I got. I think you can get a Walker Bay
> w/sailing package for 
> about 2/3 of that.  Most of the reviews I have read
> on this boat have said, 
> "this boat is a great value for the money". This
> seems like another way of 
> saying it's not bad, but you do get what you pay
> for.
> 
> I figured I might as well lay out the bucks and get
> a dinghy that would live 
> as long as I can sail. I can probably pass this one
> down to the kids, once I 
> get that far. 
> 
> Rik
> 
> 
> On Sunday 04 May 2003 10:53 am, you wrote:
> > I'm in the market for a dink (for the S2, not the
> > R-22) and have pretty much decided on a hard
> plastic
> > model like the Walker Bay or Fatty Knees.  Does
> anyone
> > on the list have any experience with either of
> these
> > and especially with adding the sail kit.  Honda
> has a
> > new 2hp air-cooled 4-cycle engine available at 28
> > pounds.  About an  8 to 10 foot dink that will
> move
> > with 2hp and possibly a light wind is what "I
> think" I
> > want.
> >
> > Brad Haslett
> >
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