Zodiac Cadet Fastroller Activ V

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I'd like to buy a small inflatable for occassional tender duty next year. There will be no crane or passarelle fitted to my Princess 42 and it will only be required for during longer cruises. With this in mind it has been suggested to me that I ought to keep a compact inflatable stored deflated and a small outboard mounted on a bracket inside the lazarette. It will carry two fairly large adults and occassionally 2 children.

A dealer has suggested a Zodiac Cadet Fastroller Activ V 285 with Mercury 5HP outboard which weighs just 31KG + 20KG = 51KG.

Does anyone have this combination, or something very similar? If so I'd welcome your comments regarding useability, storage, inflation time and whether it could be mounted on the bathing platform.

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Theres only one sencible way to keep a dinghy. Thats, ready and waiting on the davits/ swim platform. It needs to be light enough to lug up beaches, yet big enough to carry a normal crew. 2.8 4/5 hp sounds about right. But it's hard work putting engines on and off all the time. Oh. Get one with a blow up floor too.

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Haydn
 
What difference does it make wether its a slatted floor or an inflatable floor?



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A blow up floor is best, easy to assemble and quick to inflate. Buy an LVM inflator and you'll do the dinghy and floor in a minute or two. Using a foot pump will take 10 minutes or more!

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I've got a slatted floor. Dinghy dont steer to well and it's Uncomfortable.

LJS has a blow up floor V shaped. So it steers and

I can lay down in it and go to sleep on the way back from the pub....../forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

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Haydn
 
I have a slatted floor zodiac 2.6m.
I usually sit on the seat or the side of it when going, so i wouldn't know how uncomfortable it is. I have never been in an inflatable floor one, so i don't know the difference in handling.

You must be a short arse to lie on the floor of a dinghy, thry ain't that big/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif/forums/images/icons/wink.gif!!!



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Petrol Rules..
 
After a few drinks I can lie down anywhere..../forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

Could recomend blow up floor to any one!

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Haydn
 
It's amazing how much you can scrunch somebody up when their muscles are, ahem, relaxed by alchohol!

I bought a dinghy with a slatted floor because I am a cheapskate. Having sampled the alternative, I have regretted it ever since. Inflatable floors are more comfortable, but also (oddly) more rigid, which is particularly useful if you have nervous passengers and also if you're standing up in the dinghy to do things like untangle your mooring lines :o( Can't say I notice a deficiency in performance under power but with a 2hp outboard it could only be marginal.

Like LJS, I'd put in a vote for a low pressure, high volume inflator. Best £70 I ever spent.

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After a long look at all the different tenders, I have just boought a Zodiac actiV Fast Roller 2.6m to replace my 20 yr old zodiac with slats. Inflatable floor is very much worth the money. Inflatable keel is also a great help in both motoring and rowing unless you only ever go out inthe tender when it is flat calm. This is a nice size boat unless you routinely carry lots of people. I will be using a 3.5 hp engine in order to reduce weight (hauling it on/off boat). However with the 5 you should be able to plane very easily. With only yourself - speeds will be almost insane BTW there was a 2.6 acti V with a 5hp on http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/F20097 although I think this one is a low pressure keel (i.e. pre acti-V )

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I don't know if this helps judge what it might be like.

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