Walker Bay dinks
I've had a Walker Bay 275H now for 3 years - still love it! Previously I've had a couple of Zodiac inflatables - but much prefer the hard bottom dink.
I bought the optional inflatable taubes, which give the dink incredible stability - you can't tip it. It will easily carry 4 adults in a 1+2+1 configuration. With 2 adults on baord, the infalatable tubes are just barely in the water when running level.
I also bough the tube cover, which (hopefully) will shield the Hypalon tubes and make them last longer.
I use it with a 2h.p. Honda, which will push us (with 4 adults on board) guite happily. With just me on board (200lbs), the dink will normally get on plane.
The wooden oars I bought separately and are usually stored apart along the transom - I didn't like the Walker Bay supplied oars as they don't come apart in the right spots and are difficult to store when not in use.
The hard bottom allows the dink to be rowed very easily - try rowing an inflatable - impossible. Rowing also allows for a bit of excercise when at anchor for longer periods.
There is a sailing kit also available, but I didn't buy it so can't speak for how it sails.
When not in use, the dink lives on davits which are custome made. Then my wife made a Sunbrella cover which keeps the dink relatively clean when not in use.
I have had to do a couple of mods: 1) Because the dink has a little wheel at the stern end of the keel, the bung is not in the lowest part of the boat. This always resulted in some water in the bilge that would not drain out. I added another bung in the bottom of the keel. 2) I bought the stainless oar locks, but had to through-bolt them. Sometimes when rowing agressively, the oar locks worked themselves loose. 3) Lastly, I had to use larger lifting rings for the davits.
Adding some nav lights made the whole dink very workable.