New to us dinghy

I forgot to mention, or at least forgot to highlight, that we picked up a new dinghy earlier this summer... that's it over on the left. It's an eight foot West Marine inflatable with a fold-up wooden floor, locking oars, a single inflatable seat (although there is a spot for another toward the stern if we should decide to add another), dual air chambers, and a strap-on motor mount for an outboard up to 3.5 horses. We're still on the lookout for an affordable outboard in that range; considering that we have been rowing everywhere so far, though, I think we'll manage with just the oars in this suitably for a while anyway. They are much smaller than the oars on our old dinghy, but they don't roll around as much, so the overall velocity made good is probably similar.

I should also note how remarkably similar this model appears compared to our all-time ideal dinghy as encountered last summer in Campbell River. Eery, isn't it? We have almost as many patches (some of which seem to be leaking... that or the valves, I'll have to take a spray bottle to it this week to see for sure) but have yet to cultivate the growths of green stuff on the bottom. Give us time! It's still the height of growing season, I'm sure we can get a nice carpet of foliage going before fall!