BobbingAboutBob

Yes, that's exactly what my son suggested. I've been wondering about building an aft section that bolts on, which gives extra planing...

You can do all three, but not all particularly well. You can focus more on planing and still sail relatively well. Look at racing skiff...

The OC is an interesting dinghy but I've never seen one under sail. An owner told me that taking the 15hp off the back is too much of a...

I'm not cutting up my existing dinghy. I'm talking about building another one that's similar but I want to incorporate some difference...

One thing I'd be very open to is to add extra buoyancy or surface area to the stern of the boat, to convert it in to a more...

I don't expect anything to plane with the 3.5hp. The new dinghy would be designed for the 9.8hp. I believe with the right design that...

The biggest I've used it with is a 3.5hp two stroke, weighing about 13kg. It would get up to 6.5kt with just me aboard in good...

That's an interesting idea, and would be very easy to try out.

For the last five years I've been using a Spindrift 11N as my yacht tender. I love it. It rows like a dream, it out sails every other...