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Originally Posted by Capt _A
Very nice! Is that the one from Patrick?
What air valves do you have? I have the old school brass zodiac valves.
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Yes sir I bought it off Craigslist from Patrick in Oct 2014 for 20k rigged with a Yamaha 150.
Yeah the valves are the ones you described, these little buggers seem to fail a few times a year make sure you keep a few handy:
https://www.inflatableboats.net/zodi...aphragm-z2195/
My advice to you would be to keep the tubes well inflated under use, to at least 3psi. My boat has seen heavy use of thousands of people but I've had a couple serious leaks around the seams I think caused by people standing on the tubes when they weren't rock hard inflated. That and treat the hypalon good with 303 protection; I have not and after 3 year the fabric is getting pretty thin in places.
This boat has much more lateral stability than a 733 hurricane because the tubes ride in the water. The drawback is it can't make as sharp turns as the 733 and is not as maneuverable in reverse. But the ride is nice and soft. All around I do prefer the 733 hurricane but my other captain says he likes the SRO 700 better.
You might want to open up the deck where the fuel tank is just to check things out if possible. When I did a lot of the plywood which is the middle layer of the deck was soaked and flaking, so we scrapped out what we could and replaced and sealed it with resin. It's a Spanish built boat not as thoroughly constructed and built as a 733 is.
(offshore cruiser instead)
