Wanted to buy- small dingy/tender in Melbourne Australia.

[hansp77]

For those in my area,
if you, or anyone you know, has a (preferably fiberglass) tender/dinghy that they want to sell, let me know.

One would think that they are easy to come by, but I have been searching the trading post and ebay for well over a month now (practically everday).

Its use will be for tying and winching up under a jetty and rowing out to my swing mooring- preferably under 10 ft, and the uglier and cheaper it is- all the better. Hopefully then it won't get stolen.

I know that there must be hundreds of these things lying around rotting in back yards or gathering dust in garages. There just doesn't seem to be many people selling them- at least not around Melbourne at the moment. If anyone has any suggestions of where else to look, please suggest away.

Thanks.
Hans.

[Figgy]

Have you tried craigslist yet? Not sure its popular there yet, but its free. Kinda like Ebay and the newspaper classified put together.
http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/au

[joz]

Hansp77

check out my recent thread to which I hope this is what you are looking for.

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/sho...942#post105942

[hansp77]

Thanks Joz,
they sound like nice little boats.

However, I ended up buying an old 9 ft tinnie off ebay last week.
I just have to go pick it up.
Good luck selling yours.
Hans.

[Frosty]

Hansp, Does this mean youve got a weed whacker propulsion system sorted out.

[hansp77]

Jack,
the weed wacker or electric propulsion was going to be for the inflatable I already have (that we would pump up at the car and paddle out from there).

I have gone for the other option, which is to chain and whinch up a dedicated tender under the jetty and then paddle out from there. (this is a much shorter paddle than from where we park the car- about 300meters aposed to 800meters.)
I have chosen a nice 'old looking' tinnie that will hopefully not get stolen.
Just have to get a couple of oars now. Its a Dehaviland Hawker car topper apparantly.

[Figgy]

Nice find Hans! You know you could always paint it an brown and put some junk in it. Nobody will take it then
Thats a nice little boat, good luck with her.
-Figgy

[Frosty]

I like it too -- did you get the wheebarrow with it.

[hansp77]

Originally Posted by jack frost

I like it too -- did you get the wheebarrow with it.

and two goats, a wagon load of pumpkins and his first born...