Goggle: "Eightball Dingy." I've made a couple. The 1st, I made from prints I got from Glen-L. Then I figured out how to do it with fewer sheets of 4x8 plywood. I taped the side to bottom joint with fiberglass tape.

We eventually settled on Old Town, Loon kayaks.
Best of Luck on your quest!
SJ

When we sold our 36 ft motor yacht I kept our dinghy. 10.5 ft inflatable Achilles with a 15hp outboard. Fun as can be, tough as nails and goes anywhere.
It’s fast and I have to have Mrs slammer up front to hold the bow down!!!
I have no other ideas.
Slammer

Had a zodiac years ago..not a fan... :0/

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This. ! :0)

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Goggle: "Eightball Dingy." I've made a couple. The 1st, I made from prints I got from Glen-L. Then I figured out how to do it with fewer sheets of 4x8 plywood. I taped the side to bottom joint with fiberglass tape.

We eventually settled on Old Town, Loon kayaks.
Best of Luck on your quest!
SJ

Thanks..!

Just what I am looking for.. :0)

Sort of depends what you want to use it for. I have a tandem 17 1/2 ft. Kevlar canoe that weighs 39 pounds and it's fairly easy to carry and get to out of the way places. I also have a 15 foot Kevlar solo canoe that weighs 19 pounds. They both get tricky as I get older and am less flexible and have poorer balance. Neither manages wind as well as a kayak, because you're closer to the water in a kayak. However, I have my solo rigged up so that I can have a fish finder and anchor and all my fishing gear in it. You could probably find a tandem kayak that isn't too heavy (but would cost a lot). My wife and I have had a tandem kayak out in three foot swells that could still make 6 knots. Boats are fun.

I have a 10 ft jon boat..
8 ft is what I am seeking..

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Sort of depends what you want to use it for. I have a tandem 17 1/2 ft. Kevlar canoe that weighs 39 pounds and it's fairly easy to carry and get to out of the way places. I also have a 15 foot Kevlar solo canoe that weighs 19 pounds. They both get tricky as I get older and am less flexible and have poorer balance. Neither manages wind as well as a kayak, because you're closer to the water in a kayak. However, I have my solo rigged up so that I can have a fish finder and anchor and all my fishing gear in it. You could probably find a tandem kayak that isn't too heavy (but would cost a lot). My wife and I have had a tandem kayak out in three foot swells that could still make 6 knots. Boats are fun.

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You have a pic?

Stock photo is good too..

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Sort of depends what you want to use it for. I have a tandem 17 1/2 ft. Kevlar canoe that weighs 39 pounds and it's fairly easy to carry and get to out of the way places. I also have a 15 foot Kevlar solo canoe that weighs 19 pounds. They both get tricky as I get older and am less flexible and have poorer balance. Neither manages wind as well as a kayak, because you're closer to the water in a kayak. However, I have my solo rigged up so that I can have a fish finder and anchor and all my fishing gear in it. You could probably find a tandem kayak that isn't too heavy (but would cost a lot). My wife and I have had a tandem kayak out in three foot swells that could still make 6 knots. Boats are fun.

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You have a pic?

Stock photo is good too..

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I probably don't have a  good photo of the tandem set up for fishing although I troll out of it all the time...much to my wife's dismay, who would prefer point to point paddling instead of wandering all over a lake.  Fish locators shoot right through a kevlar hull, although you have to make a small water well for the transducer.  The water well is just a plastic container with the bottom cut out and siliconed to the hull, then filled with water.    I've drilled small bolt holes through the thwarts for rod holders (although I notice strikes more if I've got the rod leaning against my leg).  For deep water anchoring I've got an old ocean reel rigged with 50 pound mono and a foldable aluminum anchor.  I'll look through my photos, but I don't think I've ever taken a photo of the  canoe when it was fully rigged.

I have a Pond Prowler, which the previous owner left here. Looks like they're available at Bass Pro in 8. 10, and 12 foot lengths, so maybe the 8 footer would work for you. It's heavy plastic, and should handle a light motor OK. If not, just sit in the back and play your banjo, which will surely cause Liz to paddle faster.  

Seats are removable, so you can just sit on the hull, or a pad on the hull.

I think it has scupper holes.

Don't know if it's would work for you, but it's a thought. I'm sure that other companies make similar boats.

I get very uncomfortable in boats less that 10 feet long,but I live right on the ocean.
We used to play around with 8 foot skipjacks,but I saw those go under a couple of times.

No Ocean fer me..just little ponds..

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I have a 10 ft aluminium jon boat..
Dose anyone make a smaller or lighter boat ..for 2 people?

Please no inflateables..

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Sun Dolphin makes one, Eagle does as well.

I have, now for 19 years, a 13 foot, fiberglass canoe, about 52 pounds and can still load it on top of my car. I bought when I retired figuring I would be able to handle it for years to come, though for moving it longer distances on land, I did buy a set of kayak wheels, which I attach at one end and then can easily pick up the other end and walk with it.

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I have, now for 19 years, a 13 foot, fiberglass canoe, about 52 pounds and can still load it on top of my car. I bought when I retired figuring I would be able to handle it for years to come, though for moving it longer distances on land, I did buy a set of kayak wheels, which I attach at one end and then can easily pick up the other end and walk with it.

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Good idea ...thanks..

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I have, now for 19 years, a 13 foot, fiberglass canoe, about 52 pounds and can still load it on top of my car. I bought when I retired figuring I would be able to handle it for years to come, though for moving it longer distances on land, I did buy a set of kayak wheels, which I attach at one end and then can easily pick up the other end and walk with it.

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Thanks scroungin our junk bin found what I needed.. :0)

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Old bike rack ..lawnmower wheels..n an old junk shotgun barrel..

Vi'ola...! :0)

Mooring skiffs (dinghies) on Monhegan Island often have 2 lawn mower wheels on top at the stern so the punt can be rolled up and down the beach like a wheelbarrow.

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Me re-think n second plan...
Old drill steel a ratchet strap n an extention n on the front handel...

Honest Steve.. I just ..just saw yer post..be fore posting this..

Is this kinda what you were describing?

Both worked..but the second one is the much better of the two...

N..I can adjust the wheels to annahwheres i want.. :0)

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Thanks!

I would buy that in a heartbeat... :0)

If not such a long road trip... :0/

The Monhegan skiff has the wheels mounted on top,Al.
The boat is turned upside down to roll it.
The wheels aren't in the water.