fold up boat
Submitted: Saturday, Mar 06, 2010 at 20:46
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Member - david m2 (SA)
Saw a fold up boat at the
adelaide caravan & camping show. any feed back on what they are like
Reply By: Member - Josh (TAS) - Saturday, Mar 06, 2010 at 22:22
Saturday, Mar 06, 2010 at 22:22
What is it called? I recently met up with member merv and he took me out in his porta boat. I was very impressed once I got used to the floor moving. It was very stable with 3 big guys in there. It came up really choppy and it handled it well.
Josh
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Follow Up By: Member - david m2 (SA) - Sunday, Mar 07, 2010 at 09:52
Sunday, Mar 07, 2010 at 09:52
It is a porta boat. Do you know what lenght the one you went out in was and what hp it had on the back.
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Follow Up By: Member - Josh (TAS) - Sunday, Mar 07, 2010 at 17:37
Sunday, Mar 07, 2010 at 17:37
Not sure on lenght but around 3 mtrs I think. It had an 8 hp on it.
Josh
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Reply By: Ozrover - Sunday, Mar 07, 2010 at 10:16
Sunday, Mar 07, 2010 at 10:16
Hi David,
I had a 10' Porta-bote for a couple of years & it was brilliant for pottering around inland rivers, lakes etc..
It had a 4hp Mercury on it which was adequate for my son, wife & myself.
Very easy to assemble/disassemble & light enough for me & the misses to get up onto the roof rack.
I was very surprised at how fast it went with only me in it!
We took it out on the Wollondilly river,
Dunns swamp,
Cooper creek (lots of times) Nicholson river (lots of croc's) to name a few.
I bought it off an ExOz member & sold it to another!
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Reply By: Pete Jackman (SA) - Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010 at 13:10
Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010 at 13:10
They were porta-botes.
I have a 10' one with a 8HP Yammaha on it and it will plane with 3 Adults.
Great to take away as they sdon't take up much room and can be launched anywhere.
Cheers
Pete
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