porta-bote or inflatable?
bb, you don't have a Porta-Bote.
It weighs 50 pounds, Marc! I pick it up and drop it over the
lifelines.
bb, you just pegged the bs meter. A 12 foot Porta-Bote weighs 89 pounds,
PLUS
the (3, not 2 as you stated) seats PLUS the transom. The total is a lot
closer
to 120 pounds or more.
My 8 foot portabote weighs 50 pounds completely assembled with seats
and transome installed.
btw, you don't just tie the bote to the lifelines, you also tied the bote
tightly before taking it to the lifelines to store. the bote is stiff and
half
opens up on its own if you don't tie it together.
Incorrect. I lash it to the lifelines with two webbed straps as I
stated. You seem to have great trouble with very simple tasks. Do you
have rickets or something?
btw, the VAST majority of Porta-Botes are the 12 foot model, with most of
the
rest being 10 feet. Very few 8 foot Porta-Botes out there.
Really? Perhaps you better tell Portabote that. They seem to think the
8 footer is very popular.
In fact, I have
never seen one.
You've already shown that you are not very observant, or a reliable
witness.
12's and 10's have three seats. only the 8 has two seats.
the 8 footer is considered too small to use for more than one person under
most
conditions,
How odd! I ferry three adults, and their gear all the time. With just
me in the boat it planes when powered by my mighty Minnkota electric
motor.
and the 10 and 12's are very little more money.
But they take up far more room. We are talking about use as a tender
for a relatively small (under 35 feet) cruising sailboat. A 12 foot
ANYTHING would be dopey for that purpose. I guess that explains you
pretty well.
BB
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