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LAUNCH DATE:      1995 (current owner since 1998)
LOCATION:              Flag Harbor
Upper CHESAPEAKE BAY (45 miles south of Annapolis)

FEATURES: (Fully Equipped - Prior Boat Show Model)

Ash Finish Interior with Custom Cushions and Extensive Interior lighting
Head (electric whale, solar vent), Galley (propane stove, electric whale, icebox);
Midships: 26’3” settees converts to double berth, 6’2” main cabin headroom
Forward: private 6’5” V-berth

(has 3-year warranty)
Full Lifelines, Bimini and connected Cockpit Dodger (covers entire cockpit)
New Shafer furling system for Screecher

All North Sails:          New 130% 3-D Marathon Genoa (2001’)
                                    New Screecher (2000’) (only used once)
                                    Fully battened Main and Self-tacking Jib

(3) Solar Panels; Gel Battery (2006) and separate starter battery (2005)
Main cabin drop leaf table and removable pedestal
VHS Receiver (2006)

Wind, Depth and Knot Meters and Compass (built in, Auto helm (Raytheon 1000), Double Axel Trailer (never left boat yard); Never used on boat ramp (2-new tires), Butane Stove, Cockpit Cushions, Removable cabin Table, Solar Powered Head Vent, New Water line Cables (2008) / 4-New Check Stays (~2004); running rigging also replaced, Trampolines re-stitched (2006)

Last Four Years:       
Sailed out of the upper Chesapeake
Infrequent day sail use, never raced
Well maintained by owner
Covered and stored each winter

SPECS
Displacement                         3,000 lbs
Overall length                        30’0”
Waterline length                        28’6”
Beam (open)                          23’10”
Beam (folded)                        11’0”
Draft (max)                            5’9”
Draft (min)                            1’4”
Mast hight (from WL)            46’6”
Sail Area:
Mainsail                    360 sf
Jib                               150 sf
Genoa                         230 sf
Screecher                  950 sf
Capacity:
Fresh water               20 gal
Payload                      2,000 lbs
                       

Unsinkable boat folds up to about 4 inches thick and weighs about 58 pounds. Has three seats and transom with closed cell flotation. Towing bridle/lifting bridle attached. Can be set up and used in less than 3 minutes, carried on a car top, etc. This is an exceptionally stable and safe boat.

It is 10.8 feet long and the total weight, including seats and transom, is about 78 pounds.

I have used this boat only a half-dozen times, so it is essentially new. Selling because I have now another dog to go ashore, and the hard gunwales in this boat makes it harder to retrieve three swimming dogs from the water.

For more information about this boat, see: http://www.porta-bote.com

Price: $1000.00 (New price, about $1500.00)

Call Ro b Alley at 410.586.3261, or email: ralley@chesapeake.net

Listed: 11/25/06