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Boat Forum / Cruising / May 2008Dinghies Again -- Portland Pudgy?
Does anyone have any experience with the Portland Pudgy? It looks like a fairly versitile dinghy, and when we're ready to go to sea, we can add the lifeboat package. We can row it or motor it -- even sail it if we buy the sailing packagage. Right now I'd settle for rowing -- we have no dinghy! Ruby No experience but it might help if you had posted the link. Here it is. Sounds like quite an interesting little boat. Good luck. -Jay http://www.portlandpudgy.com/frequently_asked_questions.htm#General: In article <90333ca4-a9d2-45f6-8d6a-b16e626cf3ba@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, > No experience but it might help if you had posted the link. Here it > is. Sounds like quite an interesting little boat. Good luck. > -Jay > > http://www.portlandpudgy.com/frequently_asked_questions.htm#General: I searched for pricing information and demonstrated my incompetence. Any ideas or facts... harlan > In article > <90333ca4-a9d2-45f6-8d6a-b16e626cf3ba@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > harlan They're about $2000 US without accessories.  Signature"j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com > > In article > > <90333ca4-a9d2-45f6-8d6a-b16e626cf3ba@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > They're about $2000 US without accessories. Thanks. From where? And, if one thinks a poly hull might fare better and be more durable than my Achilles as a dingy left outdoors and little maintained, are there other models to consider for one whose beach is a rock ledge along which the boat has to be dragged to the water? TIA, harlan >> > In article >> > <90333ca4-a9d2-45f6-8d6a-b16e626cf3ba@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > harlan Type: Portland Pudgy price (no quotes) in google. It's the first hit (pdf). I don't know much about the boat, but it does look interesting. Signature"j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com > Portland Pudgy price Thank you for answering what now appears to be a mindless post. Old age is striking again... harlan >> Portland Pudgy price > > Thank you for answering what now appears to be a mindless post. Old age > is striking again... > > harlan Heh... Signature"j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com >> > In article >> > <90333ca4-a9d2-45f6-8d6a-b16e626cf3ba@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >harlan You sound like a prime candidate for a Porta-Bote portabote.com >And, if one thinks a poly hull might fare better and be more durable >than my Achilles as a dingy left outdoors and little maintained, are >there other models to consider for one whose beach is a rock ledge along >which the boat has to be dragged to the water? For many years I had a Sportyak, which was made of poly in a construction that seems similar to that described for the Pudgy. The boat was smaller, and much lighter. A sailing rig and motor bracket were available options. Very tough little boats. It did finally develop a leak after many years of being dragged over rocky beaches. They also made an 8' model, which I think is now marketed by Bic, the French company. My impression, as a boat designer who sees them nearly daily as I go in and out of Hamilton Marine is that they are a very cool idea well executed. I would love to have one. The primary drawback is the weight. On a slightly larger boat than mine with stern davits or some other arrangement for getting a boat on board it would be great. I can get my 8 foot glass dinghy on board with the spinnaker halyard and it will fit on the foredeck upside down with the transom on the cabin top. I have to turn it over on the deck however and I think the Pudgy would be too heavy to do this; especially after my recent experience with my back. I haven't checked about the fit but it looks so unlikely that I haven't pursued the idea. I almost always tow but want the option of having the dinghy aboard in some rough conditions. I wouldn't be too upset to have to cut my used glass dinghy loose if it became a hazard in bad weather under tow or the painter broke. I'd sure hate to see a Pudgy with full life saving package go out of sight astern though. If not for these factors, I would probably own one now. -- Roger Long > My impression, as a boat designer who sees them nearly daily as I go in and > out of Hamilton Marine is that they are a very cool idea well executed. I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > If not for these factors, I would probably own one now. I wasn't going to comment, since I've only seen one at the boat show. But I did have a long talk with the designer/builder. He has taken the project very seriously, and there are only a very few things that I think could be done better, and most of them would make the boat cost a lot more. One of the most clever things he's done is to refine the sailing gear for the boat until it almost disappears. A few of you who have struggled with either trying to rig a sailing dinghy while bobbing afloat, or trying to do any tender-type functions while the invariably bulky sailing gear is stowed aboard, will appreciate this. One thing that could be more cleverly done is to give the boat more stability & reserve bouyancy. The hull is shaped like the traditional pram, which is both tiddly and not such a good load-carrier. My experiments in hull shape show that it *is* possible to make a traditional looking rowing tender that one can easily stand up in, or load groceries over the side of, or even take a large & fractious dog ashore in a choppy anchorage. The weight issue is important. But without doing something expensive like building the boat in foam core, it's not going to get any better. One option for both cost & weight would be to build one yourself in 4mm ply (or foam core), copying as many features of the design as you can. Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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