Dinghys

Your dinghy is your water-taxi. Without them we can't go ashore.

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• Chameleon
  A multipurpose nesting dinghy for amateur construction design by Danny Greene. Quite popular with many cruisers.
  
• Building 'Gecko'
  Terry of yacht Valhalla building his Danny Greene Chameleon dinghy in the Philippines.
  
• WoodenWidget Origami
  Origami is a small, easy to build and inexpensive folding dinghy that folds up and packed away in just a couple of  minutes. Even stowing is easy -just lay it on a bunk down below or lash it to the rails on deck.
  
• Sailing the SeaHopper Folding Dinghy
  The Kontender, 10' long with a 5' beam (3 x 1.5m), looks rather like a Mirror dinghy, except that it arrives in a flat package similar in size to a surfboard. It's a folding dinghy which is also a good sailing boat. SeaHopper. Also check out Paul Douglas's web site for some great pictures of the Kontender
  
• Build Your Own Folding Dinghy
  The Micro Folding Dinghy is based on one of Matt Layden's early folding dinghies design using 3 pieces of 1/4" exterior grade fir plywood- two side pieces and one bottom piece. The ends (bow and stern) of our boat are white vinyl.
  
• Nester Dinghy
  A nice nestting dinghy for rowing designed by Dave Gerr. Reviewed by Chuck Paine.
  
• Yuloh Sculling
  How to scull your dinghy with a home-made yuloh.