Kevin McCready 83 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I'd be interested to hear people's views about the design of the upturned dinghy found in Rangitoto Channel. Also does anyone know the brand? Here's the story http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/64438757/upturned-dinghy-sparks-search Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,211 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 No Idea who made it. Looks like a cheap Polyethylene dingy of pretty poor design. I hope it's just drifted out there, as it has no place more than 100m offshore on a calm day! Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 83 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 That was my thought about its lines too. Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 368 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 For a while we used a dinghy very similar in "design" - and I use the word VERY loosely - proudly produced by a plastics molding company somewhere near the end of the southern motorway. It was by far the most dangerous piece of flotsam I have ever encountered. Upon heeling it presented the occupants with vanishing stability. It regularly swamped. It was heavy as hell. It's dual hull form resulted in a high degree of sinkage with no reserve stability or buoyancy. It should never have been made let alone sold. Surely if you manufacture a boat to sell it should meet some kind of safety standards. They should really just stick to making items that keep water in rather than out... A corrugated iron canoe would have been safer. Link to post Share on other sites
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