suitable tender for colvic 29

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blazeman999

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i am looking for a suitable tender for my colvic 29 sailer.
i have been offered a hard bottom avon r280 rib, would this be suitable? if not looking for suggestions.
 
are you intending to lift it on board via davits or the boom ?

At about 62kg it will be a bit difficult by hand.
 
if you are on a mooring i would go for a solid tender and look for a cheap inflatable. but would depend on where you are and to how much use you really need an inflatable
 
The choice is normally an inflatable about 2.4m which will take3/4 people and a 3hp outboard. There is loads of choice new from about £300 with two main styles and different levels of sophistication of floors and seats etc. Also two main materials, PVC for most but Hypalon for really expensive ones.

The magazines regularly do tests on them, search the back issues.
 
Far more the question of tender depends on your operating style. I have always had a solid f/g or Al dinghy for tender and leave it locked up on the beach or tethered to the swing mooring when I am sailing. Another friend with a boat your size keeps his boat at a jetty so needs a tender only occasionally so keeps a deflated RIB tender in the fore cabin.

So what do you need a tender for? That will dictate what type you need. Certainly solid dinghy is easiest to row and is almost indestructable just heavy. good luck with the new boat olewill
 
Thanks for all that advice, will be keeping the boat on a swinging mooring at millport isle of cumbrae west coast. Will need a deflatable as i will be cruising the west coast most of the season, andstaying away from the mooring for extended periods.
 
Ones with an Airdeck and inflatable keel will row better than the floppy bottom ones.

Ones with a fixed transom are safer than the doughnuts with an outboard bracket, which flip over backwards far too easily. However, doughnut types roll up far smaller than everything.

Look at the weights of a range of the same length. Some of the very light ones, Bombard for example, are extremely lightly built and rather fragile. They also blow around quite readily under oar power.

Modern PVC materials are virtually as good as Hypalon, which is usually more expensive, like x2.

I think I would be looking as suggested, for a 2.4 metre which may stow on the foredeck. Mine's a Quicksilver which has been excellent.
 
Hi Master_Underdog

I suppose it is a peculiarity of our location. Where my swing mooring is there are about 20 dinghies chained and locked up to provided post and rails.

The local council have recently tried to get rid of them but apparently there is a conflict of who controls the area with the Swan River Trust. We hope the permission will remain.

I just use a chain and padlock and now after having oars swiped a few times over 25 years I lock the oars into he dinghy.

I just tie the dinghy to the mooring and yes it was swiped once. I found the kids rowing it around. I used a large boat hook to grab the dinghy. They must have thought I was going to use the hook on them as they quickly jumped over the side and swam away. Would I bash em with a boat hook? Only accidentally! regards olewill
 
Blazeman, I'm just trying to remember what the rest of the users in that area do.I think there are a few rubber ducks chained at the top of the ramp?
I'd go for a healthy, but tired looking inflateable, add a few bogus patches to make it look even more tired, and do as the others do. Then, when you go touring, take it with you rather than leaving it on the mooring.
Personal choice would be the Avon Rover 2.4 with a decent outboard. They go like the proverbial with 5Hp and floorboards...
 
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