8' Pro 356 Pirate

Just Reduced! The 8 foot Pirate dinghy. 8 foot long and 4 feet wide, built out of composite, light enough to lift at 65 pounds. easy to tow or flip onto a deck or swim platform. Easy to row, with high stability for standing and boarding from the boat. I'm a big guy and I can stand on 1 side with no problems, this dinghy wont tip.

A hard bottom dinghy has many advantages over an inflatable. The primary reason you want a dinghy with a hard bottom is so it can get up on plane. You go faster and you and everybody on board stays dryer and happier. When you get ready to go ashore for dinner, put on your collared shirt, and cotton dress the last thing you want to do is get wet. If the dinghy doesn't plane, you get wet.

Lots of things can puncture an inflatable dinghy. Fishing gear, a pets claws, a high heel shoe or you could damage the bottom if you pull it onto a rocky beach. With a hard bottom dinghy there is no worrying about sharp objects. This dinghy is perfect for someone who has gotten sick of the leaks and repairs so common to inflatables.

Whereas most inflatables are known simply as "tender" hard dinghies have personalities, become members of the crew and family, and are rightly named. Like the pets our children had on land, hard dinghies are our toys and playmates, rather than just a deflatable means of transportation.