and indeed they work, so no argument there, and they appear to be more slippery through the water than a fat dink...

It was storage that concerned me. Essentially a thin surfboard that can't be collapsed any further.

Looks like you got the smallest one available. How "tall" is it when folded... I'd hate to cover all the ports on one side. Do you just hang it from your cabintop handholds or what? How big are the extra bits you have to store "elsewhere?"

Sounds like having a couple of canvas bags... one for storage of the boat and one for storage of the "bits" isn't a bad idea... especially if you can use it to tie the boat down.

Portabote is sending me an info packet, hopefully it will have dimensions in it.