Porta_bote your thoughts please

Hi Barbara,

This topic comes up quie a bit so I used the new (and very much improved) forum search facility and it gave about a page of hits. A link to one from last year is here
Good luck with your research and your "new employment" - im sure you will enjoy it.

Cheers,

Val

They look good but expensive . I have seen them mounted on the side of vans etc .
This is why i wont become a member ever again , too many ''do a search'' police instead of thoughtful up to date answers .

Hi Barb,

Last year i was talking to one of my nephews about those boats and he said "I thought they were rubbish" but a visitor to the park he was managing invited him out in one and he was very impressed. He said they were much better made than he had realised and were quite stable and handled well. He is now a convert.

I on the other hand I have had no experience with them but had been vaguely thinking about them for some time and that is what prompted the question to my nephew as he has more recent experience re boating.

Cheers, Bruce.

We have had a 10' one for a few years with a 8 HP Yamaha now. We picked it up second hand from an add in a local Canberra paper for $3,000 with all the accessories and a motor - don't bother with the Bimini, but the other bits are all good.

Very stable and easy to launch. You can plonk one in anywhere you can walk to the water. They are very tough as well and quieter on the water than a tinny, especially in a chop. With the 8 HP they get up and plane with 3 passengers without a problem. We bought it with a 2.5 Mercury which would plane one up but couldn't quite get on to the step with 2.

On the roof of the jack - hull and seats:
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On the Murray with the original 2.5 Mercury:
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Cheers

Pete

Thank you to all who replied, I really appreciated it especially the messages. It has helped us make a decision just wish we could get a ride in one but up in the country that is nigh impossible. Now to find one for sale hopefully a second hand one will come up, we would like a 12foot one we will buy a new one if we have too. Thanks again. By the way I am not lazy and quite regularly post replies to other posts and enjoy doing so just like i enjoy getting replies from other people
Barb