For the past 25 years the Japanese Coast guard has tested Porta-bote'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 ( 273 kg ) of concrete filled bags into a folding Porta-bote. The porta-bote is raised to a height of 21 feet ( 7 M ) and dropped !! Porta-bote passes every time with flying colors.
Porta-bote comes with a 10 year Limited Hull Warranty

Porta-bote is TRANSPORT CANADA APPROVED, NMMA Cerified , European Union approved as well as Japan , Australia and many other countries.

Porta-bote is time proven by over 30 years of production with over 60,000 boats in use world wide.