people can be stupid you give them too much credit, you wouldnt catch me out in a £20-£30 inflatable dinghy in any conditions. more so taking a set of trebles out
I was trying to fix an old outboard not that long ago, it was overheating. it took only 2-3 minutes for me to go out the harbour and around the back of an island to then head back to the harbour. by the time I had got to the back of the island the weather turned really horrible in the space of a few seconds while sheltered behind the island and as I emerged it got a bit scary with white horses all over the place (large white waves) powerful wind blowing towards me from where I had to get to, being side on to it felt like the boat was going to tip before I managed to point it nose first into the wind. a dinghy would have been trashed even only going out about 100-200 yards, to hell with that
I pleaded with the outboard not to die on me while it boiled the cooling water coming out the tell tale. I had the foresight to take oars with me just incase.
Its hardly a big water, 102 acres, 11-13ft in its deepest part.