Hull Length	Hull Weight
8' 6" (2.85m)	47 lb. (21 kg)
10' 8" (3.27m)	58 lb. (26 kg)
12' 6" (3.85m)	69 lb. (31 kg)
14' 0" (4.28m)	96 lb. (44 kg)

A portaboat (also foldaboat, foldboat, folding boat, or porta-bote, all registered trade marks) is a type of small recreational boat

Boat

A boat is a watercraft of any size designed to float or plane, to provide passage across water. Usually this water will be inland or in protected coastal areas. However, boats such as the whaleboat were designed to be operated from a ship in an offshore environment. In naval terms, a boat is a...

 that folds to 4 inches (11cm) flat for storage and transport.

The Portaboat was originally invented in 1969. It became popular in the 1980s and 1990s when many boating and fishing enthusiasts started downsizing to condominiums and apartments without storage room for an ordinary boats.
The Porta-Bote is lightweight, flexible and extremely strong. The Porta-Bote is made of copolymer polypropylene

Polypropylene

Polypropylene , also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications including packaging, textiles , stationery, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, automotive components, and polymer banknotes...

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These unique features make the Porta-Bote being utilized by professional users such as rescue teams, and as well as leisure users.
Over 90.000 units have already been sold worldwide.

The Porta-Bote company is located in Mountain View, California

Mountain View, California

-Downtown:Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south...

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External links

• Porta-Bote.com commercial website.
• adventureportableboats.com Saskatchewan and Manitoba - Distributor of Porta-Botes.
• ontarioportableboats.com Ontario and Atlantic Canada - Distributor of Porta-Botes.
• Portaboteme.com Official website for Middle East, Africa and South East Asia.
• “HECHTJÄGER” a Portabote and Pike Angling websitehttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/mattjahans/index.html
• Porta-Boote Berlin Berlin, Germany - Distributor of Porta-Botes.