Danno

Sale the sailboat as a sailboat andbuy a flat bottom boat. Sailboats have very soft chimes, they lean, they roll; you don't want that in a flats boat. Flat bottoms and boats with near vertical sides have a harder chime, less likely to roll on you.

If a motor is not a concern,look intoa yak.

wetaline

Thanks for all of the input. I think I should have asked about making a small sailboat into a small skiff instead of a flats boat, but I also think the out come would be the same. Having never been on or even around a sailboat like the one discussed I had nothing to go on. I just based the question on the fact that the boatissmall, with a decent (5') beam, sleek design and very inexpensive. It's nice to have a resource like the PFF that allows us to draw on the experience of such a large number of people.

I'll look forward to submitting future hair brainded schemes to y'alls scrutiny, and hopefully save myself a dollar or two and lots of wasted time.Thanks again for all of the advice and suggestions.