[PUP] What you look for in a dingy?

[Peter Pisciotta]

> The Portland Pudgy is an interesting alternative.
> http://portlandpudgy.com/

Every small dinghy I have been in has been squirrely
once on plane - uncomfortably so. I'm with Dave -
bigger is better, though every boat has finite space.
Scott's N40 has a decent boat deck, but my guess is
12-feet is max, thus my thinking of 10-12 feet.

Personally, while the center console of the Nouriana
(sp?)-style boats are cool, I'd stick with the
standard tiller-steering setup.

One last thought for Scott. Several years ago, Jim
Leishman really liked the Livingston catamaran-hull
hard shell for the N40, around 10-feet as I recall. He
said you could store a kayak in each hull - a huge
benefit as he was headed to Alaska on the sea trial
for the Around The World N40.

Peter
www.SeaSkills.com