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OK, I found several 10' Porta-botes for sale on Craigslist for
reasonable prices. Then I considered how to store them on my 28' boat. Uh oh. 10' is longer than the cabin top and will cover all the windows on one side. I could put it against the lifelines but then it covers where the jib sheets go. Maybe the Porta-bote is not the answer. OTOH, I can get a cheap inflatable from West for about $400 and put a cheapo e-bay 2 hp outboard on it. Maybe there simply is not an answer but I do not believe that. |
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On Feb 28, 3:40*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
OK, I found several 10' Porta-botes for sale on Craigslist for reasonable prices. *Then I considered how to store them on my 28' boat. *Uh oh. *10' is longer than the cabin top and will cover all the windows on one side. *I could put it against the lifelines but then it covers where the jib sheets go. Maybe the Porta-bote is not the answer. OTOH, I can get a cheap inflatable from West for about $400 and put a cheapo e-bay 2 hp outboard on it. Maybe there simply is not an answer but I do not believe that. OTOH, I forgot that it includes the motor so there must be some way to fit this aboard. |
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On 2/28/10 6:40 PM, Frogwatch wrote:
OK, I found several 10' Porta-botes for sale on Craigslist for reasonable prices. Then I considered how to store them on my 28' boat. Uh oh. 10' is longer than the cabin top and will cover all the windows on one side. I could put it against the lifelines but then it covers where the jib sheets go. Maybe the Porta-bote is not the answer. OTOH, I can get a cheap inflatable from West for about $400 and put a cheapo e-bay 2 hp outboard on it. Maybe there simply is not an answer but I do not believe that. D'oh. I pointed that out yesterday. |
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On Feb 28, 3:43*pm, Harry wrote:
On 2/28/10 6:40 PM, Frogwatch wrote: OK, I found several 10' Porta-botes for sale on Craigslist for reasonable prices. *Then I considered how to store them on my 28' boat. *Uh oh. *10' is longer than the cabin top and will cover all the windows on one side. *I could put it against the lifelines but then it covers where the jib sheets go. Maybe the Porta-bote is not the answer. OTOH, I can get a cheap inflatable from West for about $400 and put a cheapo e-bay 2 hp outboard on it. Maybe there simply is not an answer but I do not believe that. D'oh. I pointed that out yesterday. Maybe I can store it under the cushions of the settee. It will have to be amenable to being sorta being manhandled but maybe. |
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On 2/28/10 6:42 PM, Frogwatch wrote:
On Feb 28, 3:40 pm, wrote: OK, I found several 10' Porta-botes for sale on Craigslist for reasonable prices. Then I considered how to store them on my 28' boat. Uh oh. 10' is longer than the cabin top and will cover all the windows on one side. I could put it against the lifelines but then it covers where the jib sheets go. Maybe the Porta-bote is not the answer. OTOH, I can get a cheap inflatable from West for about $400 and put a cheapo e-bay 2 hp outboard on it. Maybe there simply is not an answer but I do not believe that. OTOH, I forgot that it includes the motor so there must be some way to fit this aboard. Cut a few feet off it...doing so wouldn't stop an adventurer like you... |
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On 2/28/10 6:47 PM, Frogwatch wrote:
On Feb 28, 3:43 pm, wrote: On 2/28/10 6:40 PM, Frogwatch wrote: OK, I found several 10' Porta-botes for sale on Craigslist for reasonable prices. Then I considered how to store them on my 28' boat. Uh oh. 10' is longer than the cabin top and will cover all the windows on one side. I could put it against the lifelines but then it covers where the jib sheets go. Maybe the Porta-bote is not the answer. OTOH, I can get a cheap inflatable from West for about $400 and put a cheapo e-bay 2 hp outboard on it. Maybe there simply is not an answer but I do not believe that. D'oh. I pointed that out yesterday. Maybe I can store it under the cushions of the settee. It will have to be amenable to being sorta being manhandled but maybe. Why don't you just buy yourself a good inflatable and a compressor? |
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... On Feb 28, 3:40 pm, Frogwatch wrote: OK, I found several 10' Porta-botes for sale on Craigslist for reasonable prices. Then I considered how to store them on my 28' boat. Uh oh. 10' is longer than the cabin top and will cover all the windows on one side. I could put it against the lifelines but then it covers where the jib sheets go. Maybe the Porta-bote is not the answer. OTOH, I can get a cheap inflatable from West for about $400 and put a cheapo e-bay 2 hp outboard on it. Maybe there simply is not an answer but I do not believe that. OTOH, I forgot that it includes the motor so there must be some way to fit this aboard. Can't you put the motor on the rail on the back? I've seen lots of people do that. -- Nom=de=Plume |
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Frogwatch wrote:
OK, I found several 10' Porta-botes for sale on Craigslist for reasonable prices. Then I considered how to store them on my 28' boat. Uh oh. 10' is longer than the cabin top and will cover all the windows on one side. I could put it against the lifelines but then it covers where the jib sheets go. Maybe the Porta-bote is not the answer. OTOH, I can get a cheap inflatable from West for about $400 and put a cheapo e-bay 2 hp outboard on it. Maybe there simply is not an answer but I do not believe that. Don't get caught up in out thinking yourself. You have a small boat. Since you seldom anchor, you seldom need a dinghy. You don't want to be tripping over and constantly moving something you seldom use. Start with the smallest rowing inflatable you can find. Right now I don't even see you needing a motor. If it doesn't work out in the future, move on to something you think will work. You'll have less hassle and spend less that way. What's the sense of taking up space with something you hardly ever use? |
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On 3/1/10 1:10 PM, John H wrote:
On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:25:05 -0600, wrote: Frogwatch wrote: OK, I found several 10' Porta-botes for sale on Craigslist for reasonable prices. Then I considered how to store them on my 28' boat. Uh oh. 10' is longer than the cabin top and will cover all the windows on one side. I could put it against the lifelines but then it covers where the jib sheets go. Maybe the Porta-bote is not the answer. OTOH, I can get a cheap inflatable from West for about $400 and put a cheapo e-bay 2 hp outboard on it. Maybe there simply is not an answer but I do not believe that. Don't get caught up in out thinking yourself. You have a small boat. Since you seldom anchor, you seldom need a dinghy. You don't want to be tripping over and constantly moving something you seldom use. Start with the smallest rowing inflatable you can find. Right now I don't even see you needing a motor. If it doesn't work out in the future, move on to something you think will work. You'll have less hassle and spend less that way. What's the sense of taking up space with something you hardly ever use? For a 'newbie' you seem to know a lot about Froggie. :) For an "oldie," you don't seem to know a lot about boats... |
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On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:13:14 -0500, Harry
wrote: On 3/1/10 1:10 PM, John H wrote: On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:25:05 -0600, wrote: Frogwatch wrote: OK, I found several 10' Porta-botes for sale on Craigslist for reasonable prices. Then I considered how to store them on my 28' boat. Uh oh. 10' is longer than the cabin top and will cover all the windows on one side. I could put it against the lifelines but then it covers where the jib sheets go. Maybe the Porta-bote is not the answer. OTOH, I can get a cheap inflatable from West for about $400 and put a cheapo e-bay 2 hp outboard on it. Maybe there simply is not an answer but I do not believe that. Don't get caught up in out thinking yourself. You have a small boat. Since you seldom anchor, you seldom need a dinghy. You don't want to be tripping over and constantly moving something you seldom use. Start with the smallest rowing inflatable you can find. Right now I don't even see you needing a motor. If it doesn't work out in the future, move on to something you think will work. You'll have less hassle and spend less that way. What's the sense of taking up space with something you hardly ever use? For a 'newbie' you seem to know a lot about Froggie. :) For an "oldie," you don't seem to know a lot about boats... Or anything else. Certainly not golf, other than perfecting the craft of locating a ball in the weeds. |
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I am Tosk wrote:
In , says... OK, I found several 10' Porta-botes for sale on Craigslist for reasonable prices. Then I considered how to store them on my 28' boat. Uh oh. 10' is longer than the cabin top and will cover all the windows on one side. I could put it against the lifelines but then it covers where the jib sheets go. Maybe the Porta-bote is not the answer. OTOH, I can get a cheap inflatable from West for about $400 and put a cheapo e-bay 2 hp outboard on it. Maybe there simply is not an answer but I do not believe that. Either way you go, don't cheap out on the engine. I would look for something newer, even if you have to pay a bit more for it. Nothing is worse than sitting around pulling a chord over and over as you drift down the river or out of the bay;) Scotty Those small outboards never seem to run well. A 42# Minn Kota would work as well for many applications. Larry |
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jps wrote:
On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:13:14 -0500, Harry wrote: On 3/1/10 1:10 PM, John H wrote: On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:25:05 -0600, wrote: Frogwatch wrote: OK, I found several 10' Porta-botes for sale on Craigslist for reasonable prices. Then I considered how to store them on my 28' boat. Uh oh. 10' is longer than the cabin top and will cover all the windows on one side. I could put it against the lifelines but then it covers where the jib sheets go. Maybe the Porta-bote is not the answer. OTOH, I can get a cheap inflatable from West for about $400 and put a cheapo e-bay 2 hp outboard on it. Maybe there simply is not an answer but I do not believe that. Don't get caught up in out thinking yourself. You have a small boat. Since you seldom anchor, you seldom need a dinghy. You don't want to be tripping over and constantly moving something you seldom use. Start with the smallest rowing inflatable you can find. Right now I don't even see you needing a motor. If it doesn't work out in the future, move on to something you think will work. You'll have less hassle and spend less that way. What's the sense of taking up space with something you hardly ever use? For a 'newbie' you seem to know a lot about Froggie. :) For an "oldie," you don't seem to know a lot about boats... Or anything else. Certainly not golf, other than perfecting the craft of locating a ball in the weeds. That from the expert of golf. |
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says... I am Tosk wrote: In , says... OK, I found several 10' Porta-botes for sale on Craigslist for reasonable prices. Then I considered how to store them on my 28' boat. Uh oh. 10' is longer than the cabin top and will cover all the windows on one side. I could put it against the lifelines but then it covers where the jib sheets go. Maybe the Porta-bote is not the answer. OTOH, I can get a cheap inflatable from West for about $400 and put a cheapo e-bay 2 hp outboard on it. Maybe there simply is not an answer but I do not believe that. Either way you go, don't cheap out on the engine. I would look for something newer, even if you have to pay a bit more for it. Nothing is worse than sitting around pulling a chord over and over as you drift down the river or out of the bay;) Scotty Those small outboards never seem to run well. A 42# Minn Kota would work as well for many applications. Larry I dunno. I have a couple 80's engines. A 2 horse and an 8 horse that are first pull engines every time I take them out. Start with something good and take care of it well and it will treat you nice. Scotty -- Can I haz Cheezeburger? |
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