for the 17 and 15 is suggest a kayak. limited speed hit when towing and easy to paddle. on my list for purchase ... sometime in the future. using your motor on a dinghy will increase your costs ... you must then get a registration for your dinghy as it becomes a 'powered vessel'. also the danger in that taking off the 15 to put on dinghy ... or reverse ... you turn motor into an anchor. dave scobie M17 #375 - SWEET PEA visit SWEET PEA's www-site - http://www.m17-375.webs.com --- On Mon, 8/3/09, Blake Reimer <blkreimer@yahoo.com> wrote: With thoughts towards the great NW next year, I wonder if I need a dinghy for my dimunitive-enough-as-it-is M15. What say? Do others use a dinghy for such locales with their M-15? If so, what are you using? With oars or motor(assume my 2hp can do double duty..) or both? Has anyone tried the newfangled Kaboats (strange, inflatable kayaks with a transom)? Am I any more out of my mind than usual to think I would need one? Blake M15 IOTA