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17 December 2005, 17:18
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Houston
Boat name: Candy
Make: Valiant 490
Length: 4m +
Engine: Yamaha 50hp 4stroke
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 43
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tubes in winter?
What do you do with the sponsons during the winter? Do you keep then fully inflated or yet them go down naturally? I dont want to damage or weaken them! Thanks in advance.
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17 December 2005, 17:27
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Member
Country: France
Town: Côte d'Azur
Boat name: Beaver Patrol
Make: Avon Searider SR4
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Jan 2004
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I put a bit of air in mine every time I use it, so they stay hard.
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17 December 2005, 21:58
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Country: USA
Boat name: Thalassa
Make: RIBCRAFT
Length: 5m +
Engine: Honda 115 4 stroke
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Posts: 369
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foot pump?
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17 December 2005, 22:17
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Country: Ireland
Town: Ireland
Boat name: Ally Cat
Make: Several
Length: 6m +
Engine: Several
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Keep them properly inflated.
Remember as it gets colder the air volume in the tube decreases dramatically.
By keeping the tubes hard, they will avoid damage from creasing as they deflate.
Best wishes,
Stuart
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18 December 2005, 00:14
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Member
Country: Canada
Town: British Columbia
Make: Gemini
Length: 4m +
Engine: 40hp 2 str
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My SIB is about 29 years old and during the winter it sits folded up in the detached garage all winter. Mean daily January temperature here is -17C, with some days dipping past -40C. Is it good for the SIB? perhaps not, but it has held up nonetheless.
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18 December 2005, 00:23
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Houston
Boat name: Candy
Make: Valiant 490
Length: 4m +
Engine: Yamaha 50hp 4stroke
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Thanks stuart for your advice and quick response. I will pump them up first thing tomorow. Have a good christmas mate.
Jieboy.
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18 December 2005, 11:15
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Country: UK - England
Town: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Boat name: TiLT 2
Make: Avon Adventure 620
Length: 6m +
Engine: Optimax 135
MMSI: 235032203
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,641
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Quote:
Originally Posted by prairie tuber
My SIB is about 29 years old and during the winter it sits folded up in the detached garage all winter. Mean daily January temperature here is -17C, with some days dipping past -40C. Is it good for the SIB? perhaps not, but it has held up nonetheless.
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You are obviously doing the right thing. We should all take note.
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18 December 2005, 15:33
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Country: Canada
Town: British Columbia
Make: Gemini
Length: 4m +
Engine: 40hp 2 str
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Originally Posted by Andy Moore
You are obviously doing the right thing. We should all take note.
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Probably not, but thanks for the sarcasm. The point of my post was that hypalon can withstand a pretty wide temperature range. I wouldn't fold or unfold the boat at temps approaching -30 C or colder. However, according to Zodiac, their hypalon Grand Raid SIBs have been used in open arctic waters while air temperatures as low as -30 C.
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18 December 2005, 16:10
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Country: UK - England
Town: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Boat name: TiLT 2
Make: Avon Adventure 620
Length: 6m +
Engine: Optimax 135
MMSI: 235032203
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Originally Posted by prairie tuber
Probably not, but thanks for the sarcasm.
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I didn't mean to sound sarcastic actually. What I meant was that if you have been storing your RIB in such a manner for 29yrs, then you *must* be doing it right.
If not, it would have sunk or you would have had to initiate major repiars.
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18 December 2005, 16:18
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Country: Canada
Town: British Columbia
Make: Gemini
Length: 4m +
Engine: 40hp 2 str
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Sorry I misinterpreted. Haven't yet sunk, but have done a number of repairs over the years. The repairs have have been due to to heavy/abusive useage rather than storeage (hull fabric abrasion etc..)
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18 December 2005, 18:49
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Country: Ireland
Town: Ireland
Boat name: Ally Cat
Make: Several
Length: 6m +
Engine: Several
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jieboy
Thanks stuart for your advice and quick response. I will pump them up first thing tomorow. Have a good christmas mate.
Jieboy.
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Any time !!
Like wise Happy Christmas ( Nollaig Shona) to one and all !
Kind regards,
Stuart
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18 December 2005, 20:06
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Winchester
Boat name: H2O
Make: Avon
Length: 4m +
Engine: 50hp Honda
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 78
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Keep them up...........
The trubble says if there not hard you're not taking them out...............
She's right; rain or shine the RNLI keep theirs at 3 bar!!......mind you I happen to know that they get theirs out when it's frezzzzing !Brrrr!
H20 (just when you need it of course)
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18 December 2005, 22:36
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Member
Country: UK - Scotland
Make: HumberOceanOffshore
Length: 8m +
Engine: Volvo KAD300/DPX
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 5,596
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Waters
...She's right; rain or shine the RNLI keep theirs at 3 bar..
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Are you sure you're not referring to the trailer tyre pressures?
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18 December 2005, 22:52
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Member
Country: France
Town: Côte d'Azur
Boat name: Beaver Patrol
Make: Avon Searider SR4
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Jan 2004
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PSI perhaps.
I keep mine at 1.4
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