Honda Inflatables - any good?

Hi Dylan,

I've got the T24 V-air deck and I'm very pleased with it as it is appears well built, and performs well, even with four adults in it for short trips ashore. I use it with a Honda 2.3hp engine.

I don't know if they are actually made by Honda though.

Allan
 
Four adults and a labrador

AllanG said:
Hi Dylan,

I've got the T24 V-air deck and I'm very pleased with it as it is appears well built, and performs well, even with four adults in it for short trips ashore. I use it with a Honda 2.3hp engine.

I don't know if they are actually made by Honda though.

Allan
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In a previous existence I had an inflatable which we kept loosely rolled and we kept it in front of the mast under some strong shock-chord - Ideally you want something that is quite large when up but small when down

I did type Honda inflatables into a well known video serving channel and came across this

two Honda 2.3s on a 3m tender

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM1FhuHoMhQ


Dylan
 
I have the same model as Allan and very pleased with it. In fact, it's my second Honwave and I was very happy with the first one as well. They seem to be well made and can be rowed fairly easily with the v-floor making for reasonable directional stability and the huge tubes keeps yer dry 'n all. They ARE rather heavy though.
 
I've got a T27 IE which i bought last summer, having an inflatable rib shaped floor makes it very stable and easy to row. Quality is definatly better than the budget end which i had up until last year. I use a Yamaha 2 stroke 8hp with it and it gets on the plane very quickly.
 
Next question - I have an oppy rig......

I assume with a steering oar and a a few ropes it could be made to sail downwind

but... could it be made to reach?

I assume beating would be out of the question

D
 
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dylanwinter said:
Next question - I have an oppy rig......

I assume with a steering oar and a a few ropes it could be made to sail downwind

but... could it be made to reach?

I assume beating would be out of the question

D
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I think you assume correctly and reaching might be ambitious without some kind of dagger board arrangement. If however, you work out how to rig the Oppie rig I might well have a crack myself!! For reasons of dometic harmony we've moved to the dark side and I am missing my sailing something chronic...
 
"but... could it be made to reach?

I assume beating would be out of the question"


I saw an idea for a U shaped leeboard clipped over the tube of an Avon, must have been PBO forty years ago. I always fancied having a crack at it.

The suggestion may well have come from Dick Everitt.
 
We had a 2.7 which was a quality inflatable. Large tubes v floor very stable and good on the plane. But.... They are very heavy compared with many on the market which is why we changed ours in the end.
 
Ripster said:
We had a 2.7 which was a quality inflatable. Large tubes v floor very stable and good on the plane. But.... They are very heavy compared with many on the market which is why we changed ours in the end.
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short term heavy is not a problem

my 6 foot 4 son will be aboard

how do these things tow

a leeboard would be dead easy to rig using no more than fishermaans chord and and a bit of ply with two holes in it

making the oppy rig stand up should also present few problems

how strong is the thwart

does anyone have any images of their tenders - I want to see both good and bad bits

Our freinds came back from the hebrides and the barra beaches looks astonishing

Orkney looks wonderful too

exploring these places under sail would be great - even if you had to motor one way at least you could sail in one direction - reaching would be wonderful that way you can go there and back

since the duck put I have learned that the oppy rig is a wonderful thing

D
 
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