06-15-2010, 11:27 AM
[cool][#0000ff]Great stuff. You do fine work.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]From (painful) past experience I have a suggestion for you. You should fabricate some protective covers for the front parts of your air chambers. I used to drape a piece of naugahyde over the front but also tucked in either naugahyde or a piece of thick but flexible plastic between the cover and the top of the air chamber. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When you fish for fish with spines you WILL get pinhole leaks in those thin vinyl air chambers. They flop around a lot and if one drops off your hook when you lift if from the water...usually the dinks...they always seem to land spines down on your tube. Tough to fish when your craft collapses in on you from lack of air.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]From (painful) past experience I have a suggestion for you. You should fabricate some protective covers for the front parts of your air chambers. I used to drape a piece of naugahyde over the front but also tucked in either naugahyde or a piece of thick but flexible plastic between the cover and the top of the air chamber. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When you fish for fish with spines you WILL get pinhole leaks in those thin vinyl air chambers. They flop around a lot and if one drops off your hook when you lift if from the water...usually the dinks...they always seem to land spines down on your tube. Tough to fish when your craft collapses in on you from lack of air.[/#0000ff]
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