Tag: dinghy

A new dinghy

by Matt | Oct 18, 2022 | Maintenance | 4

Sooner came with a hard shell dinghy, which I think was fiberglass over a wooden frame. You can...

My dinghy got stolen

by Matt | Apr 6, 2019 | Circumnavigation | 9

Last week, I woke up to find my dinghy had vanished in the middle of the night, leaving behind a...

Farewell sweet prince~

by Matt | Jun 6, 2016 | Maintenance | 4

So, although I love my porta-bote when it was up and workin’, actually putting the 10′...

First time using (incorrectly) the spinnaker and getting the kicker working

by Matt | Apr 4, 2016 | Maintenance, Sailing | 4

This weekend it was nice out, so I decided to work on the spinnaker pole. It was a second hand one...

Porta-Boat 2

by Matt | Mar 18, 2015 | Maintenance | 1

…. electric boogaloo So yesterday it had stopped (finally) raining, so after work I decided to try to put the porta-boat together. I did it on the deck boat to simulate ~real life conditions~ and managed to do it ok. It...

Porta-Bote adventures

by Matt | Mar 15, 2015 | Maintenance | 4

I’ve needed a dinghy for as long as I’ve had the boat, and after much reading decided that a porta-bote would be the best thing for me. I had 3 main points that I was choosing a dinghy on: – storage/ease of...