“Towing characteristics are important, because even if you have dingy davits you still end up towing your dingy. Our first three dingy’s were awful for towing. We had an eight foot inflatable dingy that was essentially like towing a suction cup, and if the wind was over 15kts it would flip over… We also had a Walker Bay that towed like a little eggshell with no drag, but would also flip over at the first gust of wind… The Portland Pudgy is none of these things. It tows with minimal drag…much less than our plywood or our inflatable dingy. It doesn’t ship water when you tow it, and if it did, it is a self bailing boat when it is empty…This single thing makes the Pudgy 1/10 the chore of owning compared to any other dingy we have had. ” Rolland T., MI (See photo above.)