First try today, it’s a crazy how the hull has a better behaviour than my boogie.
Pivot like a zero tow, so smooth, even with lot of throttle no capsizing.
Not to much nose up on take off even with no tow bar
This Dinghy Tow is a real Game changer !!!
Propellers distance center to center 21cm
Propellers center distance to waterline 17cm
And it just looks freaking awesome too!
Looks great! Made me think that maybe the Lift foils efoil attachment ($600) could be used to create a variation on this. Would need to build the hull, which seems likely to be the critical part of the performance
I thought about this one previously. The best alternative to my dinghy in my opinion is Spearfishing boats in PVC or hypalon. You can find also old kneeboards.
Great find, thanks! I quite like the look of this rigid PVC Wettie Float Boat, or this inflatable Pegasub (they look a bit unlikely to handle speed very well)
Would be great to see some footage of how this handles waves and chop if can share. The V bow looks really good
Some improvements of the last days
Filling mast with electrical gel to waterproof gong V3 masts. Top of mast are under waterline.
Stuck the dust protector of amphenol connectors inside the boat to carry it properly
Set a waterproof yellow bag to carry rope and handle + possibility to ballast sea water easily if it’s choppy.
Made a sock to add another water barrier to the non return valve, works like a charm
Next projects: onboard wheels and a cover to avoid waterspray coming in !
I tested to turn with one motor only, compared to my boogie design. Without the extension bar and despite having reduced the distance between pods from 27cm to 21cm, the tow dinghy turns on a dime, the radius is around 5/7 meters I’d say
Here is a weblink to see how the dinghy rides
I assume you are in the USA if you have bought these display boats? I am very jealous I cant find them here in the UK.
I’m very interested in one if you can find a way to get them to the UK
They have dealers all over the world.
Even in the UK.
Maybe ask if they can get you one?
I’ve asked here (Netherlands), and they can for €700
tbh I also want it at half the price… looks great though
Seen that but sometimes they’ll just add on extra cost to make some cash.
I was on a nautical exhibition in France and met the guy, he had 5 pieces laying in a warehouse, they are all sold now.
For the moment everything is in stand-by during summer but he plans to contact the factory to launched a new batch because of the french demand.
He is based in Brest
This might help massively for a cheaper option: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009203071290.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.3.de782e2fRD67BR&algo_pvid=f61dc8d0-4a70-4d00-9f67-9a74fc22dfd9&algo_exp_id=f61dc8d0-4a70-4d00-9f67-9a74fc22dfd9-2&pdp_ext_f={"order"%3A"-1"%2C"eval"%3A"1"}&pdp_npi=6%40dis!GBP!433.98!216.99!!!560.05!280.03!%4021038e6617543973510824439ec27d!12000048287015134!sea!UK!937259607!X!1!0!&curPageLogUid=rmMLphRzIlmz&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A
I think the key thing in Etienne his boogie is the aluminium hull.
The Alu hull is nice, but doesn’t add massive advantage. Its the outer inflatable section that prevents rolling. The nice thing about the inflatable outer that I posted is that it gives you the option to use a V or flat bottom and also choose a material that you would like. Its a good source for DIY. It probably should be posted more in the general section instead of in this build though.
My thoughts on this is that you could make a hull out of eps or xps and laminate it and then cut part of the pvc bridging the inflatables ribs and leave some overhang and glue the ribs to your hull.
What a cool little boat great build, So versitile, have you had it out in swell yet does it handle chop well?
congrats on the success.
Fine tuning time, here is how I got rid of my huge trolley.
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EwOOcTs
Good lesson of the weekend : Pelicase fell in the water. I was into jumping to dive but it floats perfectly 
