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porta-bote or inflatable?
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Steve Christensen wrote: Someone wrote: -Padding Cabin Top -securing boom out of the way To which silver tongued BinaryBill replied: Padding what? Securing what? Well Bill, on my two sailboats, if I didn’t put down padding on the deck or cabin house I would leave black marks everywhere from the black tubes. You don’t have to do this, but it helps, and it adds an extra step. Those black marks can be eliminated. (Those tubes ARE a PITA, but they do their job.) Bronze wool the tubes to get the top layer of gunk off, then lay on a couple of coats of Armor-All or something similar. ---- Oops, snipped too much. We assemble the PortaBote across the bow and over the lifelines as they dive to the deck. Obviously, I have to slide the PortaBote around as I move from center seat to transom, but I prefer that to doing it on our side deck -- the advantage of a flush deck, -- but it's just a little tight. -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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porta-bote or inflatable?
In article ,
Steve Christensen wrote: Someone wrote: -Padding Cabin Top -securing boom out of the way To which silver tongued BinaryBill replied: Padding what? Securing what? Well Bill, on my two sailboats, if I didn’t put down padding on the deck or cabin house I would leave black marks everywhere from the black tubes. You don’t have to do this, but it helps, and it adds an extra step. Those black marks can be eliminated. (Those tubes ARE a PITA, but they do their job.) Bronze wool the tubes to get the top layer of gunk off, then lay on a couple of coats of Armor-All or something similar. ---- Oops, snipped too much. We assemble the PortaBote across the bow and over the lifelines as they dive to the deck. Obviously, I have to slide the PortaBote around as I move from center seat to transom, but I prefer that to doing it on our side deck -- the advantage of a flush deck, -- but it's just a little tight. -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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porta-bote or inflatable?
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"Dan" wrote: "Parallax" wrote in message . com... Well, anybody have knowledge of both for a dinghy? This subject usually opens a large debate. Should be fun to see what comes of it again. You might want to read some of the older posts on this topic. Rib vs. Portabote seems to end up being a list of people saying 'i like my RIB' and 'i like my portabote'. We have both and I like my portabote. But we tend NOT to use the dinghy much. As for storage - we store the folded boat along the lifelines, and the seats and other stuff in a big Sunbrella bag on the deck under the staysail boom. We used to store it in a locker and then decided it didn't have to be warm and dry. Bob does not like towing a dinghy when underway especially when sailing. I don't like our particular inflatable because it has no seats, and the tubes are not big enough to sit on. The portabote has seats and is far more comfortable for me. The inflatable is slightly easier to get into from the water using a fabric ladder that Bob made. Since I have arthritis in my knees and back, sitting on the floor is not comfortable and standing is not an option either. grandma Rosalie |
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porta-bote or inflatable?
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"Dan" wrote: "Parallax" wrote in message . com... Well, anybody have knowledge of both for a dinghy? This subject usually opens a large debate. Should be fun to see what comes of it again. You might want to read some of the older posts on this topic. Rib vs. Portabote seems to end up being a list of people saying 'i like my RIB' and 'i like my portabote'. We have both and I like my portabote. But we tend NOT to use the dinghy much. As for storage - we store the folded boat along the lifelines, and the seats and other stuff in a big Sunbrella bag on the deck under the staysail boom. We used to store it in a locker and then decided it didn't have to be warm and dry. Bob does not like towing a dinghy when underway especially when sailing. I don't like our particular inflatable because it has no seats, and the tubes are not big enough to sit on. The portabote has seats and is far more comfortable for me. The inflatable is slightly easier to get into from the water using a fabric ladder that Bob made. Since I have arthritis in my knees and back, sitting on the floor is not comfortable and standing is not an option either. grandma Rosalie |
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porta-bote or inflatable?
I assume the pic shows a bote. Not your bote, but a bote. if it were your
bote you would know it weighs more than 49 pounds assembled. bb, you don't have a Porta-Bote. http://binarybill.tripod.com/P7280107.JPG Oh dear, Jaxy! It sure looks like my portaboat, held to the lifelines with a couple of webbed straps, just like I said it was! So where's yours? BB |
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porta-bote or inflatable?
I assume the pic shows a bote. Not your bote, but a bote. if it were your
bote you would know it weighs more than 49 pounds assembled. bb, you don't have a Porta-Bote. http://binarybill.tripod.com/P7280107.JPG Oh dear, Jaxy! It sure looks like my portaboat, held to the lifelines with a couple of webbed straps, just like I said it was! So where's yours? BB |
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porta-bote or inflatable?
you know, one of the things I have begun to notice is that everyone who says
they put a bote together and get it in the water in a short time are doing it with two people, not one. Also, except for bb, everyone says they have all the seats/transom/outboard/oarss/pins/pfd's/anchor/safety equipment right at hand. |
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porta-bote or inflatable?
you know, one of the things I have begun to notice is that everyone who says
they put a bote together and get it in the water in a short time are doing it with two people, not one. Also, except for bb, everyone says they have all the seats/transom/outboard/oarss/pins/pfd's/anchor/safety equipment right at hand. |
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