Wes;

Perhaps carrying a small piece of plywood and putting it across the bottom 
ribs, would give a flat area to stand and cast from?


Thank you,

Alan Di Somma



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> 
>  
> 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 <[email protected]> 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
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