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Sevylor Tender Runabout?
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:10:05 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:
On 2008-08-14 06:33:21 -0400, said: I know a lot of people with porta-botes, and all feel they are more or less indestructable. I have no idea what you "heard", but I tend to discount it based on what everyone who has one, knows about them. They have a service lifespan that is expressed in terms of a "half-life". I've been abusing mine for many years, and fully expect that it will be part of my son's inheritance. Thanks for the chuckles. One of the fun things in the Tanzer list is to watch how many boats are passed down to the kids or grandkids. Simple, fun, tough, and long-lived. At 16 seasons, we're about mid-pack as far as longevity goes amongst T28 sailors. And we consider ourselves caretakers, not owners. Portabotes are quite a bit younger, but I'm getting indications that they're engendering the same sort of loyalty due to their demonstrated capabilities. Similar to the Tanzer group, we point out obvious shortcomings, but we fix them and go on. There are 30+ year old Porta-Botes out there still working hard and looking good. We just used ours on a little mini-cruise this weekend. We explored the many side inlets of the Mattituck Inlet. When we saw any place we wanted to look at closer, we just dragged it up on the rocks, broken ship pieces, rustry spikes, and broken glass. Try that with an inflatable! |
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