I use eye bolts and thumb nuts. The eye makes a good thumb bolt. I got cheap ones and so had to add nuts to the eye bolt to act as stoppers. It looks like you have the washers glued in... I think I will do that too. I started with a glen-l ball 8 and cut it in half to make it nesting, so the join "engineering" is my own and I am still figuring things out.
Nice! Looks similar to my old Two Bits nesting by Dan Green. It was 9.5ft assembled, 5.2 nested. If again, I'd trade lighter for some strength. That dink was Tough!(and a bit heavy, 60lbs for the 'big' side.) Door skin with 'glass where ya need it, sayes Aye.
I would guess about 40 pounds each, but I never weighed them. They aren't too heavy for one person to lift, but a bit awkward so two people lifting is better.
Thank you! It took about 2 weeks to get a boat, and another 2 weeks to do all the finish/painting details. Someone handier and more efficient could probably build one in half the time.
Very nice dinghy! Vid could have benefited from some time lapse (and music) to break the tedium. Thanks for the video. Really let me know it is what I want!
I like the use of the dinghy as extra cover for the hatch. If you check out the end of this video you will see my friend Rodgers old boat with a dinghy used as a cabin top for his open boat for cruising! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Abgyl49Isqo.html Really cool design idea! Your dinghy is going to be so useful. Cheers Warren
That is very cool! I like it when a stowed dinghy is multi-functional. I have though of putting acrylic port lights in the dinghy transoms so that I could stick my head through the hatch and have a little observation pod, but I could never come up with a great design and it isn't really necessary anyway.
very clever! I'm looking at designs trying to decide on a pram/dinghy to use as a 'rooftop' for a home built truckcap on my 1992 Mazda B2200, which has a 5 x 6 box--I'm only 5' and want standing headroom under part of it--must be light, too, I'm 66 and not the upper body strength I used to have (til I have a dinghy and get rowing again, haha). Debating skin on frame, there is one called "Robin" might work, and I like Woodenwidget's Stasha
We have actually had the dinghy for about 6 years now and I don't think we would change a thing. It is a great balance between weight, strength, and stowability. Plus it rows fast and easy and it is easy to repair. I highly recommend this dinghy. It is still a lot of windage but much less so than a single part hard dinghy.
Very interesting! I have a 1972 Tartan 26 that I am re-doing, and am thinking of using a Fliptail 6 for a dinghy ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ix5kTr5Sba4.html . The Tartan originally had a Kermath Sea Pup 5 hp inboard that I've removed and I'm thinking I'll leave room under the cockpit to store the folded dinghy. I'm re-doing the cockpit to have a bridge deck and much smaller footwell than it had, making more space under. Battery bank and tools below the dinghy space to make up for the loss of weight of the engine.
did you ever build/use the Fliptail 6? I have the plans but now I wonder if it's the right little rowboat for me plus my 90 pound hound... like it as would fit in the back of my Mazda pickup or easy to pull behind bike on a trailer, or even on a hiking cart. Just unsure if enough initial stability for a big young dog passenger
