sean:   those claws will do less damage to the fiberglass of the M-dink than 'plastic' that makes the zodiak (can you say, 'hiss and then swim')   my dog had no issues going from boat to dinghy, to dock, to beach and back in multiple hard-sided tenders: MINTO and a ranger 12.  dog and i spent MANY hours sailing in the MINTO and R12.     dave scobie M15 #288 - SCRED visit Scred's www-site: http://www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred --- On Sat, 3/21/09, Nebwest2@aol.com <Nebwest2@aol.com> wrote: I just listed my 7'11" sailing dinghy for sale on the MSOG site. We've  added another crew member to the boat (four legged version) and I  think unless we want to go swimming, maybe the three of us better use the zodiac  for our tender! Sean