I concur that the motorized dhingy is a nice thing to have - but that there are periods when it's not being used at all and just in the way, we've been through it with quite some dhingies (I even have two inflatables stowed down now, and one small RIB on tow).
With only ores, the dhingy was just used for getting to and from land while anchoring up right nearby. A motorized dhingy is easily used for transport missions - and even better, a planing motorized dhingy (which can outpace the mother ship - our current dhingy has 15 HK and can do something like 20 knots while the mother ship does 5 knots under similar conditions), and one can get quite far.
With the ores, I could leave the boat by anchor only close to public transport. Now I can leave it by anchor far away and go right to the nearest train station by dhingy, like I did in Gothenburg the other day (though, it may be difficult to find places where I can leave the dhingy securely and without worries for several days in a row).
This winter and spring I've several times left the mother ship in some beautiful guest harbour or anchorage in the Oslo area, taken the dhingy and whizzed to Oslo for a quick erraind. I've even been doing boat trips with the dhingy this winter without involving the mother ship at all.
Previous summer, I had bitcoin cash trades going on at both sides of the Oslo fjord while leaving for vacation, I could wizz forth and back and do my business while my wife was continuing sailing the mother ship. I had a Sunday evening available and did a quick sightseeing in a town some 15 nm away, passing bridges without caring about their opening schedules. On our way to Gothenburg, in this Källö-Knippla harbour there was a big walking distance to get from our boat and to the laundry service - but a quick trip with the dhingy.
Also, previous summer, we had a rather embarrassing happening just before the end of our summer vacation, and the boat ended up on land just at the Swedish side of the border. I was there several times to take care of the boat - and while being there, I utilized the dhingy both for shopping, sightseeing, watching fireworks together with my son, and going to a wild beach, grilling and bathing with my son.
I've been picking up guests and crew by the dhingy.
I got to Copenhagen this Sunday, and left Monday morning. Luckily it was almost no wind, because to get downtown from the harbour it was needed to go all the way around the harbour, a quite long and exposed trip. The dhingy was heavily utilized this Sunday both for shopping and sight-seeing in narrow channels ... and even this Monday morning my crew mate took me nearer to a train station by using the dhingy.
Hey hey,
I have a very small dinghy, just 2,4 meters long. But it has an aluminum floor, so it's very stable and good to bring out the 2nd anchor if needed.
It was a cheap dinghy, actually I have some footage about it. Maybe I'll do a post about it soon.
The problem is: I have only a 35 ft Dufour, and I have to store it somewhere. If not needed not on deck. So the little dinghy fits perfect at several places ;)