JeffLW wrote:
firecadet613 wrote:
I had a big Newport Vessels and sold it for a much smaller Baltik. For the money and our short season, the Baltik is hard to beat. Inflatable floor too, so the floor can stay in it when you deflate/roll up.
The Newport we found was much to large for our 268. We bought the Baltik over last off season, so we never tried it with the 268. I have davits for the 318 that I have yet to install on this new dinghy.
How small does you Baltik get when deflated? Could it be stored under the rear seat in the cockpit? Or possibly under the V-berth seats?
I'm thinking I really would like something that rolls up and can store out of the way. The wood floor is not going to do that.
Might want to consider the smallest Mercury inflatable, we used it on both our 248 and 298 with a little 3.3hp 2-stroke. It's only about 6ft long, works great. Both cases no davits or deflating required and with the motor on it I think it's not even 100 lbs total, I can pick it up no problem. Great for getting to shore and even exploring around a bit, as long as it's not to wavy out. Believe it or not, with me in it alone I can even get it to plane out!!
On our previous 248
On our current 298
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