Yeah, clever design. I am still planning to make an Origami 6+ dinghy (slightly modified in bow design). But this stows even a bit smaller than that, in length anyhow. Not sure how viable it would be to deploy from an M17 cockpit but probably doable. My concern is the bow (and stern) seems to have a fold-in triangle open at the top, with an open seam to the water facing forward. Sitting still or slow calm water, no problem. But I imagine even minor chop or motorboat wake would be enough to be forced into the boat, in dribbles at least, via that route. I just wrote the designer a question about that. cheers, John On 4/12/20 12:09 PM, Keith R. Martin wrote:
Hi John,
Very cool new product! I have an older 10ft inflatable which works great as my tender with my M17, which stows conveniently down the side of a quarter berth. This looks like a similar sized new option for wrinkle boaters to consider...
Keith
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On Sun, 12 Apr 2020 at 11:57, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
If you're looking for a compact one-person 'dinghy' that stores quite small this might fill the bill: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tucktec/tucktec-eco-folding-kayak
Different material and a couple feet shorter and a squatter shape than the original Oru folder.
cheers, John
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