My long time liveaboard friend have been using a portaboat and still love it.
(I ask everytime I see them, because this topic comes up so often.)

They have a 10 footer with an old 8hp engine. It get on plane pretty well with
the two of them plus gear, and with a guest. When shuttling a crowd to the boat
they often do extra trips rather than overload - I'm not sure if that's for
safety or efficiency.

I'll probably get one the next time I need a dink.



"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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The Norwalk boat show is an "in water" show, where you might be able
to go for a spin around the marina. Those figures sound like they were
achieved on a very still lake. Either that, or it was Scotti Potti
doing the estimating...


Well, do you think the 10 or 12 would plane with a 6HP and 2 people?

RB