There has been a lot of discussion about paints that will stick to the Porta Bote. This one has an interesting paint scheme -- definitely not factory. Does anyone have any idea what paints and prep they used?
I can help settle this issue. I just uploaded my Porta Bote video and it should appear in a day or so. You will see my 12 footer being used in salt water. I won't disclose how far out I was so I don't encourage anyone to do anything beyond their skill level, but you won't see land in my video and it was a clear day. Think about safety no matter what kind of boat you have!
In fact if you check the vid titled "A boat that folds to 4 inches flat? from Portabot you'll see that that even if mostly filled with water it will still float.
AFAIK the Porta Boat is not unique. The principle was "borrowed" from Banana Boat.
Lenzp 2 years ago
Big mistake. Firste there was the Porta-Bote which looked as the Bananaboat looks now. Porta-Bote has
restyled the boat in the beginning of 1990 which gave the boat more stability and performance.
GBtrading1 2 years ago
There has been a lot of discussion about paints that will stick to the Porta Bote. This one has an interesting paint scheme -- definitely not factory. Does anyone have any idea what paints and prep they used?
AFM528 2 years ago
hellow!!! do you know how fast can you reach on a 12'6" long with a 2000 year model Johnson 3.3 Horsepower outboard motor?? thank you!
andyoyervides 3 years ago
can anyone tell me what size bote and motor size this is?
vallejosr 4 years ago
I can help settle this issue. I just uploaded my Porta Bote video and it should appear in a day or so. You will see my 12 footer being used in salt water. I won't disclose how far out I was so I don't encourage anyone to do anything beyond their skill level, but you won't see land in my video and it was a clear day. Think about safety no matter what kind of boat you have!
CaptainKimba 4 years ago
Video deleted. It was just out-of-place on my channel. Porta-Botes are great. Get one and be happy. They are everything they are claimed to be.
CaptainKimba 3 years ago
why did you delete your video on the ocean ??
ScorpioSerpico 3 years ago
they no good in the sea tho!!!..only ok on flat calm water.
redmarkerman 4 years ago
Why wouldn't it be good in the sea? It seems to me that it would be at least as good as a normal row boat.
meadowind 4 years ago
In fact if you check the vid titled "A boat that folds to 4 inches flat? from Portabot you'll see that that even if mostly filled with water it will still float.
meadowind 4 years ago
cool
tuco220 4 years ago