Re: [VFB] Porta-Bote ,porta boat???

2011-11-19 Thread Wes Wada
Chuck,

I owned a Porta-Bote for over ten years.  Used it with a 30# thrust
electric trolling motor.  Generally the boat is easy to handle, is very
good in rough weather as the hull absorbs impacts nicely.  Newer models are
better designed and more trouble-free than the older model I had.

These boats hold their value very well.  I recently sold mine to get a new
pontoon boat, and the sale price after a decade was only $25 less than I
originally bought the boat for.

I don't know if I would like floating rivers in the craft, though we did
it.  Depends on how rough the water will be.

One thing I did not like about the boat is that it doesn't have a flat
floor, so difficult to stand in for fly casting.

Perfect boat for an RV, however.

If you have other questions or concerns, let me know.

Wes Wada
Bend, Oregon



On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Charles Haase  wrote:

>
>  If anybody has had any experience with the Porta-boat, I would
> appreciate it.
> We would be hauling it on our 5th wheel RV. For use on smaller lakes, and
> rivers.
> Plan to use a 40+ pound thrust electric motor on a 12 footer.
> We now carry a 13’ canoe, to small if the wind comes up. Used canoes for
> years but
> as we age they are harder to handle.
>
> Thanks Chuck
>  cnha...@hotmail.com
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[VFB] Porta-Bote ,porta boat???

2011-11-19 Thread Charles Haase

If anybody has had any experience with the Porta-boat, I would appreciate it.
We would be hauling it on our 5th wheel RV. For use on smaller lakes, and 
rivers.
Plan to use a 40+ pound thrust electric motor on a 12 footer.
We now carry a 13’ canoe, to small if the wind comes up. Used canoes for years 
but
as we age they are harder to handle.

Thanks Chuck
 cnha...@hotmail.com

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Re: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2011-11-19 Thread Don Ordes

Oh he saw you, just wasn't into junk food.

D&R,
DonO

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"They say that to catch brown trout you have
to be near invisible. I tried that on the
Cimarron in 1999. It worked so well that a
large brown bear never saw me as he snatched
my fish from the end of my tippet."

Jimmy D. Moore, 1999

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[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2011-11-19 Thread rayado
"They say that to catch brown trout you have 
to be near invisible. I tried that on the 
Cimarron in 1999. It worked so well that a 
large brown bear never saw me as he snatched
my fish from the end of my tippet." 

Jimmy D. Moore, 1999

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