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Does anyone have experience with these True Kit dingy's?

https://truekit.nz/collections/all

A hard bottom dingy on the fore deck takes up a lot of space, we don't want davits and it can't be made small enough to stow anywhere else. The all inflatable dingy we have is draggy in the water. It looks like these people do a 100% inflatable that performs well 'cause of its catamaran design.

Any thoughts welcomed.
 
Surely any fully inflatable SIB would suit your needs, without needing to spend $1000's?

I picked up a Honwave T27-IE2 off these forums for about £400. Was in VGC, I don't think it had been used much.

Weight of the Honwave is comparable with the 3m TrueKit, so I imagine they fold down to about the same size.

The Honwave 2.7 planes something cracking with a 10hp motor - I think I've even heard of them planing with a 6HP, but I don't know of that's 2-up.
 
KompetentKrew said:
Surely any fully inflatable SIB would suit your needs, without needing to spend $1000's?

I picked up a Honwave T27-IE2 off these forums for about £400. Was in VGC, I don't think it had been used much.

Weight of the Honwave is comparable with the 3m TrueKit, so I imagine they fold down to about the same size.

The Honwave 2.7 planes something cracking with a 10hp motor - I think I've even heard of them planing with a 6HP, but I don't know of that's 2-up.
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Good inflateables aren't far off £1000 anyway, and ones with Hypalon even more. That being said even my £700 2.6m inflatable will do 17knts with a 6hp Yamaha with only me in it. It does feel like I'm going to die at that speed though. 10-12 is more comfortable.
 
I like the cat idea and the low entry from the water to the bow of the one of the True Kit models.

Cat rather that V is supposed to mean more efficient and we like this for exploring on long trips. I wonder how true this is and are there any downsides?
 
Mikedefieslife said:
Good inflateables aren't far off £1000 anyway, and ones with Hypalon even more.
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The True Kit pages don't mention material - surely they must be PVC?

I'm not debating the price of new dinghies or hypalon, I'm just saying that major brands like Honwave, Seago, etc are readily available secondhand. A Honwave T27-IE2 retails at £890, and you can regularly find them in good condition for half that. Loads of bargains to be had if you're patient & shop around. If you specifically want an obscure brand from New Zealand you're probably going to have to pay RRP for it, and the shipping won't be cheap.

Mikedefieslife said:
That being said even my £700 2.6m inflatable will do 17knts with a 6hp Yamaha with only me in it. It does feel like I'm going to die at that speed though. 10-12 is more comfortable.
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Very pleased with my Honwave, it has a V-floor and is very stable flat out with the 10hp in flat water. I'll have to measure the speed, as I hadn't imagined it was as fast as that.
 
Andy Todd said:
Cat rather that V is supposed to mean more efficient and we like this for exploring on long trips. I wonder how true this is and are there any downsides?
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The downside, like wide flat-bottomed boats, is that it more closely follows the angle of the surface of the water: great in flat water, uncomfortable and perhaps dangerous once the waves/swell starts building up.
 
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