Please Help me figure out what my boat is!

[karlisj98]

So i got this little zodiac 310 with a 8HP engine went out on it a couple of times and the full floor unglued so we have repaired that but iv tried finding the same boat as mine with the same floor and nothing i dont even know the year of it just need help figuring out what im missing.

[spartacus]

Hi karlis

Welcome to the forum.

It's a Zodiac Zoom 310, probably made June 2007.

If you re-glued the floor, just make sure it was 2-part PVC glue.

Looking at it - it has a keel tube, but I'm guessing the stringers (usually aluminium) are missing. I'm not familiar with this model, but looking at images here, the stringers go in when boat is part inflated and the floor is fitted. It effectively makes the floor rigid once the sponsons and inflatable keel are inflated.

It's odd that there's no Zoom branding, but Zodiac was synonymous for producing short-runs on inflatables before renaming or rebranding.

https://www.usedvictoria.com/power-b...723/photos?i=0

Another version here.
https://motors.com.hr/en/boat/zodiac...07-hUXCH8.html

[karlisj98]

Originally Posted by spartacus

Hi karlis

Welcome to the forum.

It's a Zodiac Zoom 310, probably made June 2007.

If you re-glued the floor, just make sure it was 2-part PVC glue.

Looking at it - it has a keel tube, but I'm guessing the stringers (usually aluminium) are missing. I'm not familiar with this model, but looking at images here, the stringers go in when boat is part inflated and the floor is fitted. It effectively makes the floor rigid once the sponsons and inflatable keel are inflated.

It's odd that there's no Zoom branding, but Zodiac was synonymous for producing short-runs on inflatables before renaming or rebranding.

https://www.usedvictoria.com/power-b...723/photos?i=0

Another version here.
https://motors.com.hr/en/boat/zodiac...07-hUXCH8.html

Hello thank you for your reply right so its a 2007 then i thought it was a 2006 but i still cant find anything about that model even on google photos i cant find any with that floor! and yeah we spent 130 euros on glue iv been out on it since the repair and it seems ok but soon as you start gliding the floor slaps a lot and the wood moves more forward pushing down on the area where is been glued also iv been trying to find a keel tube for it but no luck and it seems like the ones with keels have a completely different flooring.

also them photos arnt opening up its saying page not found.

[spartacus]

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The date is the top left entry 0607.

Get the inflatable pumped up and take more pictures. I was assuming it had an inflatable keel. Without the stringers the floor is going to move which isn't safe.

[karlisj98]

Originally Posted by spartacus

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The date is the top left entry 0607.

Get the inflatable pumped up and take more pictures. I was assuming it had an inflatable keel. Without the stringers the floor is going to move which isn't safe.

Iv managed to look at the photos and the floor is completely different to that one that's the problem i cant find any with the same flooring what ill do ill pump it up in the morning and get some better photos off the full boat but to me i really think we are missing some parts for sure the inflatable bottom part as for the stringers i cant really confirm it till i see the exact same boat with the same floor unless this floor is an after market one.

Thank you for your help!!

[User name]

I'm not too familiar with these, but it's possible it wasn't intended to have a keel. The model code is "310" rather than "310S", which normally does have a keel. Yours might have been made as a flat bottom.

The data in the "SERIE" section is the Zodiac model/part number. They're normally "Z-something-something" but a google of that code might help find some more relevant info.

Stringers in basic terms, are just a C-shaped length of wood or aluminium so you might be able to find some cheap examples from another model to stiffen up the floor.

Pump it up and have a look at the underside without the wood fitted. If it's baggy then it probably had a keel, but if it's fairly flat then it may never have had one.

[karlisj98]

Originally Posted by User name

I'm not too familiar with these, but it's possible it wasn't intended to have a keel. The model code is "310" rather than "310S", which normally does have a keel. Yours might have been made as a flat bottom.

The data in the "SERIE" section is the Zodiac model/part number. They're normally "Z-something-something" but a google of that code might help find some more relevant info.

Stringers in basic terms, are just a C-shaped length of wood or aluminium so you might be able to find some cheap examples from another model to stiffen up the floor.

Pump it up and have a look at the underside without the wood fitted. If it's baggy then it probably had a keel, but if it's fairly flat then it may never have had one.

thank you for your reply!!

Okay im going to have a look in the morning and get some other photos the one thing that really does confuse me is the front part why does it have like a slot to put something inside it and obviously with some sort of pressure sorry im new to all this so still in my begginer stages!

[User name]

Originally Posted by karlisj98

...thing that really does confuse me is the front part why does it have like a slot to put something inside it and obviously with some sort of pressure

That's likely for an optional air floor, or it may have been the original floor this boat had before someone made up the ply version you have now.

[karlisj98]

Originally Posted by User name

That's likely for an optional air floor, or it may have been the original floor this boat had before someone made up the ply version you have now.

So i went out on it yesterday and i really think it should be a different floor.

as you can see on the last photo that's where it slides out from and moves forward to the front causing heavy stress on the front of the floor.

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by karlisj98

So i went out on it yesterday and i really think it should be a different floor.

as you can see on the last photo that's where it slides out from and moves forward to the front causing heavy stress on the front of the floor.

Looks like the bow section of the floor is missing

[karlisj98]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Looks like the bow section of the floor is missing

Iv been looking all over to see what parts come with it as new so i can compare on what i missing but the bow is definitely missing also when we glued it [First time fixing boats] it does let the slightest small amount of water in.

[Fenlander]

Those plastic tabs on the transom are the same as ones I've had in previous air floor Zodiacs... they are where the rear of the air floor locates.

[karlisj98]

Originally Posted by Fenlander

Those plastic tabs on the transom are the same as ones I've had in previous air floor Zodiacs... they are where the rear of the air floor locates.

Hmm the wood only just slots in width wise in the plastic slots so i can imagine a inflatable floor being much thicker so i dont think it would slide in to the plastic tabs or if possible can someone help me find a floor for that exact boat please?

and thank you all for the responses your all so helpful!!

[Fenlander]

Have a look at this Ebay listing for a Zodiac air floor and note the tabs on the back. They slide sideways into plastic retainers on the transom which, assuming yours have a C-section slot, look like yours.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335128071...SABEgKU8fD_BwE

[User name]

Originally Posted by karlisj98

So i went out on it yesterday and i really think it should be a different floor.

as you can see on the last photo that's where it slides out from and moves forward to the front causing heavy stress on the front of the floor.

That almost certainly didn't have an inflatable keel. As I suspected previously, it originally would have had an inflatable floor.

[karlisj98]

Originally Posted by User name

That almost certainly didn't have an inflatable keel. As I suspected previously, it originally would have had an inflatable floor.

Ahhh right iv been searching all morning trying to find an inflatable floor to fit that boat but i cant find anything that match the size.