I have a 1997 northcraft 5.2m which is berthed and used in salt water and quite often rough but not outrageous seas . the problem is the seams on the tubes have given way one side two weeks ago and the other side yesterday in the same place on both tubes , a gap just big enough to fit a few fingers in , right on the bottom of the tube .
Has anyone experienced anything similar ?
Hi Corrie, I spoke to you when you were pulling the boat in. Had a thought afterwards, had to let my own tubes down twice on Tuesday as the weather suddenly got hot, could the tubes have become over pressured? although I doubt whether this was the whole problem.
I have mentioned before on other threads that my old dive club had a Northcraft that literally started coming apart at the seams and bits started falling off of.
Don't know if it was just a "friday" built one or if it is common but I wouldn't buy a Northcraft after seeing what happened.............
Hi Corrie, I spoke to you when you were pulling the boat in. Had a thought afterwards, had to let my own tubes down twice on Tuesday as the weather suddenly got hot, could the tubes have become over pressured? although I doubt whether this was the whole problem.
Humber insisted on putting pressure relief valves on my Rib as the tubes were a dark colour!
thanks guys ! sounds like i'll need to keep an eye on the pressure from now on..when I think back , both times it was a hot day and I had just put some air in the tubes.. do you check yor pressures with a gauge or just guess it?
Guess it. Bit tricky during the current hot spells because what is rock hard during the heat of the day turns out to be nearly flat in the evening. I prefer mine to have some "give" during the day just in case.
