The Features
- Overview
- Advantages
- Sail Features
- In and out of the water, Everywhere
- Usable everywhere
- Easy to transport
- Guaranteed quality
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Guaranteed quality
Flexibility is what makes the PortaBote to be such a great watercraft. The secret in the PortaBote's flexibility is latent in its high-impact polypropylene hull, a high quality material that allows folding this unique portable boat without damaging it.
The polypropylene of which the PortaBote's hull is made, also compounds some products which required to stand in a very high standards such as in bullet-proof vests, car bumpers, rust proof highway signs, fibers for carpeting, house wares, refrigerator parts, bottles and bottle caps, medical products, fishing tackle boxes, and much more. As the polypropylene is highly resistant to extreme temperatures and chemical harm and also has excellent moisture barrier properties and good fatigue resistance, it is absolutely the perfect material in which to compose the PortaBote.
Polypropylene copolymer is an exotic engineered resin originally developed by the U.S Aero-Space industry. This material has unique properties such as the fact that the boat's hinges can take stress of over 90,000 pounds per square inch. The hinges have been designed so that the higher the pressure on the hinge, the more it wants to remain sealed. The PortaBote Polypropylene hinges have been modulus tested at a rate of over 500,000 openings and closings without a single failure. Original manufacturer DuPont conducted the tests and found the material actually became stronger after 500,000 folds. The fact that this material is impervious to acid made it a component in lifetime batteries.
The PortaBote's Polypropylene hull is almost 1/4 inches thick, twice as thick as an aluminum boat hull. This fact guarantees total puncture proof even when meet sharp rocks or coral reefs. In addition, the PortaBote utilizes a ultra-violet filter that renders the hull to be resistible to salt water and fire.
In order to emphasis its extreme resistibility; the indestructible polypropylene material also compounds some products which require to stand in a very high standards such as in bullet-proof vests, automobile bumpers, rust proof highway signs and in the aerospace industry, not to mention its use as an rescue craft by many municipalities worldwide. Nevertheless, the PortaBote stands in all U.S coast guard specifications and standards and is also certified by the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and the European Union Manufacturers Association.
For the past 25 years, the Japanese Coast Guard has tested PortaBote's space age engineered resin hull and hinges. Every time a shipment enters their country. The now famous "drop test" is used! They load over 600+ pounds (273kg) of concrete filled bags into a folding PortaBote. They raise the boat 21 feet (7m) Then it is dropped! PortaBote passes every time with "flying colors". They are certified by National Marine Manufacturers Assoc and the European Union Manufacturers Assoc.
With PortaBote you get performance, quality and true portability. The PortaBote can reach every place you want to go. 50,000 owners worldwide can't be wrong! Time Proven - Over 30 Years In Production
And, It Comes With A 10 Year Limited Hull Warranty!