Walker Bay dinghy's and water

[Mark Crociati]

I previously posted a querie regarding the Walkers and received good responses. I have since looked at one first hand and noticed that they are seemingly a plastic tub. Has anyone had experience with this dinghy filling with water either towing or rowing? And does this make sink or swim?Responses greatly appreciated.Mark

 

[J.B. Dyer]

Walker Bay

Mark:I don't own one but one of my sailing buddys has and I've been out with him several times with the Walker in tow. He has a 10 footer with a sailing kit and also has an inflatable flotation device that fits under the center seat. It tows well about 20 feet behind the boat with the daggerboard up, however, is all over the place with it down. We take it out with us on light air days and sail it when there is not enough wind to blow the big boat around. It's never been tried, but I would guess without the flotation device it would probably sink as there are no air pockets built into it. If not completely sink, it surely would not have enough boyancy to hold any people up with it. It is a lot of fun in winds of 5mph or less.

 

[Tim]

Floatation in all three seats

Each of the three seats (stern, mid and bow) have floatation built into them - "positive bouyancy" - couldn't get a Coast Guard capacity rating without it. The inflatable collar just adds a little more in to assist in the (hopefully unlikely) situation when you capsize while sailing.My 8 footer tows very nice. As with most dinghies, a good rain or nasty swell will put water into it that needs to be bailed/sponged out.Tim BroganApril IV C350 #68Seattle

 

[Matt Borders]

Used Walker 8

I would love to find a used Walker Bay 8 foot dingy.....Anyone have any ideas on how to accomplish this?