05-24-2008
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Telstar 28
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: New England
Posts: 43,315
Rep Power: 11
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I've used one for fishing for eight years... the only caveat I have is that the newer plastic seats and transom seem to be a bit less sturdy than the wooden parts that used to be sold with the boats... many owners have made replacement benches and transoms. My boat came with plastic seats but the wooden transom. One of my projects this season is to make new benches for the boat out of 3/8" marine plywood and fiberglass, as well as to fiberglass over the old transom before it begins to break down.  It came painted.
A sailing kit is also available...
BTW, if you're looking at the Portabote, you might want to look at this website as well, where a guy documents some of the modifications he's made to his. I've added folding padeyes to mine, and they've held up quite well. I will be using my Porta-bote as a tender when I start going on longer cruises. Right now, because I keep my boat at a slip, I leave the Portabote at home, since I can't store it in its usual place—on the starboard ama deck.
Any questions, let me know.
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Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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