Good portable boat?
Anyone have a recommendation for a good portable small boat that will fit in a 11 ft TH garage? Like a blow up boat? Also, what do you do about fishing license? I assume you need a license unles...
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Redsky wrote:
We tried an inflatable and a Porta-bote and found it took so much time to assemble them and put in all the things we needed (seats, anchor, motor, fuel tank or battery, fishing gear, etc.) and to reverse the process as we could not leave the boat in the water as the launch areas were seldom near our campsite that we stopped trying.
The only thing I would attempt in the future would be a two-person inflatable kayak with a frame like the ones from Advanced Elements. Total weight under 45 lbs and you only need a DC air pump, a couple paddles, and life vests.
The best setup is either a truck with a slide-in camper pulling a boat on a trailer or having a pickup as the tow vehicle pulling a conventional trailer and using a cap with a rack to hold a boat and being able to put the motor and gas inside the bed for travel. Anything else is going to be a PITA.
I don't disagree with you on the PIA factor of the Porta Bote. I store mine beneath my 5'er and have to crawl underneath to get it out. Talk about a pain!
However I have found that all boats will have a PIA factor of some sort. Be it parking the trailer,or having a flat on the trailer to getting the boat up on the rack there will be something to deal with.
In the end there is no free lunch. I have occasionally resorted to renting a boat for a day to get my boating fix. yes its expensive , but it's convenient and avoids all the PIA factors.
