[Rhodes22-list] Aerobed on Board

[Bill Effros]

Richard,

I hear you.  I already own a decent but not great rowing dinghy (A 
Walker Bay).  What I am looking for is something to get me the last 10 
feet to shore without getting my ankles wet for walking on islands 
without docks in early spring when the water temperatures up here make 
you seriously think before getting even a little wet.

If I bow anchor, I can back up very close to land by popping up the 
rudder and coming in stern first using the motor set as shallow as 
possible.  In the summer I walk an anchor ashore, but before summer I 
generally don't do it.  If I had a cheap, quickly deployed little dink 
on board, I might use it for this, and for kedging.

It would always be tethered to the boat.

However, as always, your point is well taken.

Bill Effros


Richard Smith wrote:

>< but if I could inflate a low pressure inflatable
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>>dinghy in less than a minute that I could easily store in the lazarette >
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>Yes you could buy one al-rite and curse the thing from the very first moment
>you tried to row it.
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>These boats/rafts can not be inflated to the point where they are rigid
>enough to be rowed.  As a result they are totally non-maneuverable.  With an
>off shore breeze this puts the occupant in peril.
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>Even the better inflatable dinks row badly.  For any kind of practical
>tender service it's better by far to install a small outboard kicker.
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>These remarks are based on personal experience. I started with a low priced
>dink and even with frantic rowing damm near blew out of the harbor.
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>Richard Smith
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