The (unique) folding Porta-Bote

The boat folds to 10cm. flat. You can transport the boat at the roof of every car. Folding out takes 10 minutes.
No struggle but only fun.
All information about the Porta Bote you will find at http://www.gbt.nl

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• foldingboat
• fishing
• watersport
• camper
• rowingboat
• dhingy

[Lenzp]

AFAIK the Porta Boat is not unique. The principle was "borrowed" from Banana Boat.

[GBtrading1]

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.

[AFM528]

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?

[ScorpioSerpico]

why did you delete your video on the ocean ??

[andyoyervides]

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!

[CaptainKimba]

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.

[vallejosr]

can anyone tell me what size bote and motor size this is?

[CaptainKimba]

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!

[meadowind]

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]

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.