Yet one more dinghy thread

Sea Wolf · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:26 pm Post subject:

Go to YouTube and put 4 hp Johnson or Evinrude, Mercury, or Honda, etc. (or a different hp #), and all kinds of alternative videos will appear as choices. Look a lot of them over, make come comparisons......... very interesting!

Joe. Teeth

localboy · Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 5:58 pm Post subject:

Well, I just ordered this: http://www.affordableinflatable.com/estore/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=4&osCsid=c9264749507720745ad8b20bcd599495 and a cover to go with it.

At $699.00 for that boat and $100 for the cover (freight included) the price was right. I located a few threads from other boat groups that basically said "for the money, they're great" and from researching other makes it appears that some of the "major" brand roll-ups are also made of the same material. I think it will suit our needs just fine up here in the PNW where the sun is not as intense and the water is much colder than the tropics.

Thanks for all your input.

localboy · Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:00 pm Post subject:

Came home today and the man in the brown truck had left me two boxes; one small and one big. Talk about a kid on Christmas morning. Xmas Eek

The dinghy arrived with the cover.

I just spent 1 hour or so unpacking it and inflating it via the included hand pump. (My compressor would have been WAAAAAAY easier/quicker, but I didn't want to wake the wife). Gonna let it sit in the garage to make sure we're all good. Looks like a deal for what I paid for it. The cover feels/looks like coated nylon, not "Sunbrella-like" material as advertised, but what can I expect for $100.