When you think about it, the word "folding", naturally refers to folding shirts, pants, underwear, clean laundry or sometimes even folding your not-good-enough high card hand in Poker… But did it ever occur to you that folding can be associated with boats? Well, come aboard to our Porta-Bote!

In order to help you better understand the different boating terms shown in this website, we've added a short boating glossary:

Beam - the width of the boat at its widest spot.
Bottom of the hull- the part of the hull that is under water. Its form is a determining feature in the boat's navigation capacity.
Bow - the front part of a boat
Bow Trolling Mount- lets you mount a small electric outboard engine to the bow of your Porta-Bote.
Buoyancy - the force that enables an object to float on water
Capsize- to turn a boat over (Not a familiar term with our Porta-Bote as far as we concern…).
Dinghy - a small open boat, usually carried aboard a yacht for going ashore (and a common use of the Porta-Bote as well)
Draft- minimum depth of water needed to float a boat. (Our boat can float even on 4" draft!)
Hull- a boat's shell (and you shall be amazed by our boat's hull…)
Inboard Engine- an engine mounted inside the hull, connected to the propeller by a propeller shaft.
Inflatable boat- a lightweight boat constructed with its sides and bow made of flexible tubes and a flexible flat floor (Surely not your choice for sailing after you'll read about the Porta-Bote…).
Motor shaft- the part of an engine that goes from below the motor head to the propeller. This height is variable for a given horsepower; it can be short, long, or extra long.
Oarlock- U-shaped, circular or other shape which holds the oar and secures it to the buoyancy tube permitting movement for rowing.
Outboard Engine (Motor)- a detachable drive unit mounted on a boat's stern.
Pinch - to sail as close as possible towards the wind
Port - the left side of the boat when looking forward
Power boat- a boat propelled by a motor engine.
Rowing boat- a small boat, driven by forcing one or more oars mounted on the craft via rowlocks to push against the water (and a common use of the Porta-Bote as well)
Sailboata boat which uses wind as the primary means of propulsion (with the sail kit you can turn the Porta Bote to an incredible sailing boat).
Sinking- we really don't know what that is…
Starboard - the right side of the boat when looking forward (the opposite from port).
Stern - the rear of the boat
Transom - the outside flat part of a boat’s stern.
Trim - to adjust the sails
Trolling- a form of angling where lines with hook-rigged lures are dragged behind a boat in attempts entice fish to bite.
Water- that big liquid thing that you need to place around the Porta-Bote to get the desired sailing effect :)