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Not to make light of your situation, but this just strikes me as funny... Honey, I have great news, The dinghy is fine! Let's hope the big boat held up well, and the Islanders recover as best they can.

We've been now under way for three months. As expected, the dinghy has gotten a lot of use especially here in Scotland. We've sailed it to pub several times, and rowed to various shore-based adventures. As we had some guests visiting, we also found out it rows pretty well with three adults on board. So far we've found that the best way to assemble the dinghy is upright with the stern section tied to our inner forestay. This way we've been able to do it in winds over 20kt. Instead of a bridle we also deploy and hoist the dinghy vertically with a halyard tied to the painter. You'll see a lot of the dinghy in action in our June video (Finnish audio but with subtitles): It is soon time for some paint repair, as some of the rocky landings have left scratches in the bottom.