On Feb 23, 6:17 pm, cavelamb himself wrote:
Skip Gundlach wrote:
From a standing start, on flat ground, I can take it out of a van,
assemble it, and be rowing, and in reverse, land, disassemble and stow
it in the van in 5 minutes each way including mounting the rowlock
assembly. Pix of the modification are in the gallery, if you would
like to see it, at:http://www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery/index.php?
mode=album&album=Morgan+461+Hull+Number+2+Refit+%2 B+Projects
%2FFinishing_Touches-Readying_To_Splash%2FPorta-
Bote_Maiden_Voyage_and_Sculling_Modifications, or http://tinyurl.com/2we3rp
There are pix of the sculling oars and of the standard oars in use as
well as my modifications...
L8R
Skip
Interesting Mods, Skip.
Any others, or is that the sum of it?
Those are the only mods I've done - but there are several mailing
lists and probably also several forums devoted to Porta-Bote owners
and their "stuff". If you peruse those lists, you'll see links to web
pages with incredible numbers of modifications.
The huge majority of PB ownership and use is fresh water, strap-it-on-
a-vehicle and use it when you're wherever you're going, so most of
what is written about doesn't apply to our type of usage. However,
there are mods which might be interesting to you, and the owner of the
company, Sandy Kaye, aka
or something like that,
participates in at least one of them. He's a very engaged owner and
if the requests are reasonable, he's usually very willing to
accommodate you. The 10-year warrantee, only to the original
purchaser, unfortunately, says a lot about the level of confidence.
The very few available for purchase in the aftermarket also says a lot
about both how folks feel about them, and their longevity (don't have
to, nor want to, "upgrade").
Most, like Dan, have made accommodations to the various weak points of
the design...
HTH...
L8R
Skip
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