1970s zodiac SIB .
Hi all
I've just joined ribnet and have a few questions for anyone with knowledge of old zodiac SIB's, I have what I think is a 1970s model, it's a light grey 6 man boat with wooden floorboards and stringers, wooden transerm with an aluminium motor mount. zodiac logo on the nose and a female thread for zodiac flag .it has 4 carry handles on the side and valves both sides towards the front of the main tubes. It's folded in two green canvas bags, one for the boat and one for the boards. My dad bought this in the early 1980s and we used to take it to the Isle of Wight every year on holiday. Some of my best childhood memories were all about the boat....OK so to the point. I still have it but its been folded now for probably 30 years and dry stored. If I were to let the poor thing see daylight again and attempt to inflate it, would I have problems with the glued joints etc, also cannot find the valves which were grey with the caps on string, could these be replaced easily? I would love to get the old girl back on the water so any expert advice would be great.
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