In article m,
says...

Of course, it should have a keel so it can be rowed and to stiffen it
so it does not "squirm" when it is rowed.
Maybe after I am bored with x-ray stuff I'll work on this.

This one may be gone, but if you shop around ebay and craigslist and have
patience you can get one at a good price.
http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/1602068512.html

Yup, he should check that one out.

Scotty



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"I am Tosk" wrote in message
...
In article m,
says...

Of course, it should have a keel so it can be rowed and to stiffen it
so it does not "squirm" when it is rowed.
Maybe after I am bored with x-ray stuff I'll work on this.

This one may be gone, but if you shop around ebay and craigslist and have
patience you can get one at a good price.
http://orlando.craigslist.org/boa/1602068512.html

Yup, he should check that one out.

Scotty



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Can I haz Cheezeburger?

$500 with a motor. I'd check it out but I'm not in the market.

On Feb 27, 12:39*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:16:42 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch



wrote:
Smaller sailboats like my 28' one still need a dinghy for the
occupants to get to shore when anchored. *I have tried inflatables and
rigid ones and neither worked well. *Inflatables require a motor
because they row so poorly and the rigid ones take up too much room on
deck. *Even my nesting dinghy takes up too much room on deck. *This is
why I am interested in the Porta-bote but do I really have to spend
$1500 to find it may not work well?
What I'd like to see would be a dinghy that assembles sorta like a
tent as an inverted tensile structure on a frame with stiffeners of
aluminum across it's beam. *Fiberglass rods would insert into sleeves
like a tent and then into a hard bow piece and into a rigid stern
piece. *A seat would go across to stiffen it with maybe rigid Al
bottom pieces going across.
Floatation would be built into the rigid stern piece and into the
seat. *The fabric would either have to be very tough or very cheap to
replace like Tyvek.
Of course, it should have a keel so it can be rowed and to stiffen it
so it does not "squirm" when it is rowed.
Maybe after I am bored with x-ray stuff I'll work on this.

One of my snowbird neighbors has a portaboat. It seems to work OK in
the river and near in parts of the bay but I sure wouldn't want to get
caught in a rough chop.

mmc: as I will be in Orlando Mon, Tues, and Wed for a conference, I e-
mailed that person from Caraigslist offering to buy the Porta-bote.

Thanks

David

"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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On Feb 27, 12:39 pm, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:16:42 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch



wrote:
Smaller sailboats like my 28' one still need a dinghy for the
occupants to get to shore when anchored. I have tried inflatables and
rigid ones and neither worked well. Inflatables require a motor
because they row so poorly and the rigid ones take up too much room on
deck. Even my nesting dinghy takes up too much room on deck. This is
why I am interested in the Porta-bote but do I really have to spend
$1500 to find it may not work well?
What I'd like to see would be a dinghy that assembles sorta like a
tent as an inverted tensile structure on a frame with stiffeners of
aluminum across it's beam. Fiberglass rods would insert into sleeves
like a tent and then into a hard bow piece and into a rigid stern
piece. A seat would go across to stiffen it with maybe rigid Al
bottom pieces going across.
Floatation would be built into the rigid stern piece and into the
seat. The fabric would either have to be very tough or very cheap to
replace like Tyvek.
Of course, it should have a keel so it can be rowed and to stiffen it
so it does not "squirm" when it is rowed.
Maybe after I am bored with x-ray stuff I'll work on this.

One of my snowbird neighbors has a portaboat. It seems to work OK in
the river and near in parts of the bay but I sure wouldn't want to get
caught in a rough chop.

mmc: as I will be in Orlando Mon, Tues, and Wed for a conference, I e-
mailed that person from Caraigslist offering to buy the Porta-bote.

Thanks

David

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Good luck, hope it works well for you David.