Are you looking for the best yacht tender, a proactive lifeboat, a fun sailing dinghy, or a safe, stable rowboat or motor boat for yourself or your kids?

Peter Nielsen, Editor in Chief of Sail magazine, tested the Portland Pudgy safety dinghy himself, and had this to say:

"It’s tough, functional, and practical, and if the choice came down to climbing into a traditional liferaft or boarding the Pudgy, I know where I’d rather be.

For a cruising couple or a couple with small children, the Pudgy makes a lot of sense." See article.

If you need a tender, why not have one that can save your life?

YACHT TENDER / ROWBOAT / MOTORBOAT: The Portland Pudgy safety dinghy is the ideal tender to row, motor, and tow. It tracks perfectly and moves along nicely with a small motor. The Pudgy is extremely buoyant and  has huge carrying capacity, both in the roomy cockpit and inside the storage compartments in the double hull. The Portland Pudgy (7' 8", 128 lb., USCG-approved for 4 people) is designed and manufactured (in the USA) to be an exceptionally rugged, stable, unsinkable boat.

SAFETY BOAT / RECREATIONAL BOAT: Portland Pudgy, Inc. wants to make boating even more fun by making it safer.

This small boat is so stable you can stand up and walk around in it. The Portland Pudgy safety dinghy has all the benefits of inflatable boats and RIBs (rigid inflatable boats), without the risk of deflation. There is no need for an unsightly, expensive, and deflation-prone RID kit with the Pudgy: it's unsinkable, with built-in buoyancy.

Unlike inflatable boats, the Portland Pudgy safety dinghy is a joy to row. It can be rigged out as a fun sailboat, and as a proactive lifeboat.

Because the Portland Pudgy safety dinghy is so stable, rugged, and tracks so well when rowed or motored, it's also a great boat for fishing and hunting. 

PROACTIVE LIFEBOAT: The Portland Pudgy safety dinghy is a self-rescue boat, even without the optional inflatable exposure canopy, sea anchor and other survival gear. With the exposure canopy, the Portland Pudgy is an unsinkable, proactive lifeboat. Unlike inflatable liferafts, the Pudgy cannot deflate, and you can sail, row, or motor this rugged self-rescue boat to shipping lanes or land. The Portland Pudgy proactive lifeboat is a self-contained system: all of the survival equipment (inflatable exposure canopy, sea anchor, sailing rig...including telescoping mast and boom!) plus a ditch bag, fishing equipment, provisions, and more, stows within the sidewalls of the boat.