Thames family dinghy, choices <15ft

[Hobnob]

Looking to upgrade an inflatable with outboard to something more solid and with capacity for 4 adults. Love this roomy Corsiva 475 design... but there's a catch. Our Thames club has a 15ft length limit.

So looking for something classy, used, outboard powered, under 15ft. Recommendations and advice welcome.

 

[alahol2]

I'm sure you could clamp an outboard on the back... River launch

 

[Hobnob]

It's a lovely boat and has some of the design I'd like. But it would be ruined by an outboard. I like the Stuart Turner 1.5hp inboard but doubt the family share this view.

 

[KompetentKrew]

This sort of design is somewhat popular in the Netherlands - they call them "sloepen" (singular "sloep").

Look on Marktplaats.nl (watersport-en-boten category), the BotenTeKoop website and the "Boten Te Koop" Facebook Group - the latter two are unaffiliated; I think you might have most luck on the last one

You might try giving FlevoNautica in Almere a call - they claim to be "sloepen specialist", and appear to be dealers for Corsiva and the similar-looking Nauticas. That Corsiva 475 seems to be the smallest on their website, but they'll probably be able to advise.

 

[Hobnob]

Thank you for a very insightful post.
The Dutch language assist is great, and I have already started browsing sloepen