I have a Walker Bay (8 ft.) just like Theis. It rows great with one person in it. Add a second person and stuff and the ease diminishes. I love not having to deal with an outboard though.
Its light, so it tows great. But it is too tipsy, not that easy to pull up an anchor with .

It comes with a sailing rig, in fact they race them here off of Water Island. Is made of polyethylene. I can clean off the marine growth pretty easy from the bottom.

My favorite dinghy was a 6' something fiberglass. It rowed great , was sturdy and when we attempted our sail to St. Martin, ( that's another story) it fit on top of the cabin top (just aft of the mast. For other long day sail s, it went up on the foredeck.

For me now, the only way I would pull up a dinghy on deck would be an extended passage.