Kaholee-
I cheat and assemble the boat on the ama deck and netting...not an option for monohullers....
Valiente-
Actually, the boat is remarkably stable... even hauling a friend on-board, over the side, was pretty easy, but would have been a nightmare in most other "hard"
dinghies.
A lot of portaboat owners use a stick to hold the hulls apart and help them get the seat in. A friend of mine made a notched board about 6' long that is used as a fenderboard normally, but the two notches are designed to hold the gunnels of the portabote far enough apart to get the benches in.
BTW, as you use the boat, the assembly process will get easier, as the boat relaxes a bit more through use.
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New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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