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Re item 80
A tiller is the only way to go on a small boat. Its much easier to rig a home made windvane to a tiller than to a wheel, its easier to move about a small boat cockpit with a tiller and still steer with a tiller extesion, and it folds out of the way once your anchored.
What to do about a dinghy always one of the big problems with small boat cruising. Its one of the reasons that I recommend a shoal draft boat so that rowing ashore is do-able. Inflatables are expensive, especially since they need an outboard but hard dinghies of any stability and capacity don't fit on small boats. One option is an inflatable kayak. At least it stows in a small space, is quick to inflate and does not require an outboard. Downside, it does not carry a lot of weight and getting on and off takes skill.
One trick is to learn to build an instant dory, which can be built from as little as two sheets of 1/4" ext. grade plywood, some ringshank nails, a tube of caulking adhesive, and a couple 1 x 2's. If you are going to be somewhere for a while you bang one together, and then sell it or give it away when you leave.
Jeff
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