About Aquacrafts
Inflatable sailboats — made for people who already know boats.
We've been designing and engineering inflatable sailboats in the Netherlands since 2013. The DinghyGo Orca line — three models, one design language — is the current generation.
Why we still make inflatable sailboats
DinghyGo started in 2013 in Lemmer, in the Frisian lakes region of the Netherlands — with its public debut at the Hiswa Boat Show that year. The brief was simple: marry the Zodiac inflatable and Optimist concepts into a multi-purpose watercraft — highly portable, easy to install and to sail, cleverly designed and durably constructed, providing a lot of fun everywhere.
After almost fifteen years that brief still holds, and after several DinghyGo generations the Orca line is the ultimate result — three sizes (280, 325, 375), the same concept but perfected, the same emphasis on real sail-handling rather than gimmicks. Every hull goes through the same Lemmer production assembly and quality checks.
We don't use a big marketing budget. We have happy owners — sailing the Solent, the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and the Frisian lakes — who tell their friends. Most of our growth has come from that.
What goes into a hull
Hulls are constructed from heat-welded Valmex reinforced fabric with internal drop-stitch floors with solid daggerboard casing. The 3D-shaped drop-stitch floor runs at high pressure (0.7 bar) so the boat sails like a rigid hull — no soft side flex. Every set of tubes and floors is pressure-tested before assembly. Every finished boat is quality controlled and signed off by a person, not a robot.
Certified for both sides of the Atlantic
Every Orca line model is built to the full EU Recreational Craft Directive 2013/53/EU (which references the EN ISO 6185-1:2021 family for inflatable sailboats) and to the American ABYC H-28 Type 1 standard — CE Category D, sheltered waters, max wind Beaufort Force 4, waves up to 0.3 m.
ISO 6185-1 specifically covers tube-pressure retention over time, fabric tear strength, seam adhesion, and behaviour under load and wave impact. ABYC H-28 covers the equivalent US construction and safety requirements for inflatable boats with a maximum motor power up to 4.5 kW. Every Orca passes both.
The company behind DinghyGo
- Legal name
- Aquacrafts B.V.
- Founded
- 2020
- Headquarters
- Lemmer, Netherlands
- VAT
- NL861681435B01
- EORI
- NL861681435
- Chamber of Commerce
- 80464467
- Contact
- info@dinghygo.com
Meet DinghyGo
The mascot is the product.
No human spokesperson, no abstract logo-creature — the DinghyGo mascot is the Orca boat itself, anthropomorphized. Glossy black-and-white inflatable hull, white sail rising as a body, big expressive eyes, white-gloved cartoon hands, ready for the water, adventuring the world.
You'll see him pointing the way on the home page, waving from a packed bag on your order confirmation, and floating in the corner of every page ready to answer questions.
Come see one
We're a small team. The fastest way to reach us is via our 24/7 DinghyGo support — the mascot icon on every page. For deeper questions, email info@dinghygo.com, or WhatsApp +31 6 10509473 for urgent issues. For Orca viewing, test sailing, or add-ons and accessories, contact your nearest distributor in your own language.
Aquacrafts B.V. · Lemmer, Netherlands · KvK 80464467 · VAT NL861681435B01