Dinghy Wheels

I wanted a simple method to transport the dinghy from the car to water or from my house to the water. I wanted to be able to take the wheels off and carry them with me whilst sailing, if I needed them at my destination.

 

 

I searched but couldn’t find a large enough sized lightweight wheel to put on the side of the dinghy, so I drilled some holes in the bottom. I then glued in some blocks of wood and drilled the holes up into the block. I got two trolley wheels from a metal shop for $10, they slot into the holes and can be removed easily. It works really well and is dirt cheap.
 

Rudder Design

 

The cost of rudder fittings turned out to be prohibitive (around $80-$160 for small dinghy fittings). Had a look on the pdracer site and copied a design from there. Went to the local metal shop and got some aluminium offcuts and a stainless steel rod for $10. After about an hours work I had this:

 

 

Sand flea Dinghy

My Sand Flea dinghy is coming along. It is roughly based on the one that Matt Layden created. I used the  D4 Dinghy Plans

  for the hull and created the rest from looking at pictures of Matt’s boat. I’m using a curved deck and full length flotation chambers.