08-25-2006, 06:48 PM
Great Battery Setup!
What happened to the Outcast bladder? I just had to restitch the cover on one of my Fat Cat Pontoons. After 6 years some of the threads gave way and the bladder popped through a six inch hole. I carefully made my way back and then restitched with doubled up thread from my flytying kit (the strongest i could find) This got me through the rest of my trip without any major problems. There were however a couple of interesting "blasts" when I pumped it up for a morning's fishing. These were my stitches popping. Only two stitches let go and I made due the rest of the trip. One "blast" though was so loud my friend and I thought I had burst the bladder. I wonder if any of this would have occurred if I was still inflating by mouth. I did it that way for five years. It's only since last fall that I've been using a 2 way pump. I consider myself to be totally conscious of air pressure in my tube and am always letting out air when it heats up and topping it up after an evening of rest at decreased pressure. I was very surprised to have the seam fail on the water that day.
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What happened to the Outcast bladder? I just had to restitch the cover on one of my Fat Cat Pontoons. After 6 years some of the threads gave way and the bladder popped through a six inch hole. I carefully made my way back and then restitched with doubled up thread from my flytying kit (the strongest i could find) This got me through the rest of my trip without any major problems. There were however a couple of interesting "blasts" when I pumped it up for a morning's fishing. These were my stitches popping. Only two stitches let go and I made due the rest of the trip. One "blast" though was so loud my friend and I thought I had burst the bladder. I wonder if any of this would have occurred if I was still inflating by mouth. I did it that way for five years. It's only since last fall that I've been using a 2 way pump. I consider myself to be totally conscious of air pressure in my tube and am always letting out air when it heats up and topping it up after an evening of rest at decreased pressure. I was very surprised to have the seam fail on the water that day.
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