The Dinghy

We bought a used, inflatable dinghy with a high pressure inflatable bottom. The idea was that we could deflate it, fold it up and store it in the "garage" when we weren't using it.

A few weeks ago George inflated it with the foot pump just to try it out. He said it took less than 20 minutes, not bad for his first attempt. It was a hot day and he inflated it on our porch. He had to bring it inside because it was starting to expand in the heat. The instructions warn you to monitor it when the temperature changes.

We hope to go to St. Michaels this week and use the dinghy to go in to explore the town. Yesterday we loaded all of the dinghy stuff into the car then onto the boat.

Quite a bit of stuff for the dinghy

George tells me the dinghy weighs only 70 pounds, but if you had asked me I would have guessed 200 pounds. We did get it into the garage by going through the galley.

George attached the motor to the motor mount on the stern.

It is the same 2 horse power long-shaft motor we had for our J/80. We won't be moving very fast and don't need a long-shaft motor for the dinghy but will give it a try for now. We hope the prop doesn't go aground as we approach the dinghy dock.

 

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