{"id":6449,"date":"2009-08-14T04:09:17","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T09:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/the-case-for-two-dinghies\/"},"modified":"2009-08-14T04:09:17","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T09:09:17","slug":"the-case-for-two-dinghies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/the-case-for-two-dinghies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Case For Two Dinghies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"361\" alt=\"Gig Harbor 15 Rowing Dink\" src=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/castle-tioram-scotland-497.jpg\" width=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is a strong case to be made for a second light weight rowing dink aboard. To begin with, it provides a backup if the outboard fails, or the inflatable is lost for some reason.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The rowing dink is going to be a lot easier to drag up the beach than the powered inflatable. This 15 foot Gig Harbor dual oar position boat weighs 125 pounds (58kg), about one third of a light RIB and outboard and a fifth the weight of a lot of RIBs.<\/p>\n<p>We also prefer the rowing dinghy for going ashore through a beach break. The weight makes getting out of the backwash quicker, and we can typically be up the beach before the next bigger set of waves arrives.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, there is the exercise factor. Rowing is a pleasant way to work the muscles, and see some of the territory surrounding your anchorage in quiet.<\/p>\n<p>And if you have room for just one dinghy on deck? Then we&#8217;d go with a good rowing design, fitted with a four or six HP outboard and tiller extensions for those distant anchorages &#8211; and forget about the inflatable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a strong case to be made for a second light weight rowing dink aboard. To begin with, it <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/the-case-for-two-dinghies\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dashew-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6449"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}