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What if I am riding my inflatable dinghy and hit some sharp object, such as metal pipe or sharp wood, or punctured boat tube with fishing hook?
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First of all - do not panic. Inflatable boats have several air chambers, and if one of chambers gets punctured, the boat will stay afloat due to the buoyancy of the remaining air chambers.
You should always carry on board the following items - Personal Flotation Device (PFD) for each passenger along with a whistle, a marine emergency radio to call the Coast Guard for help if necessary, a hand pump, piece of duct tape (Gorilla Tape) and a small bottle of acetone.
If boat gets punctured below the water line, there is nothing much you can do except for pumping air with a hand pump in order to slow down the air leak. For quick emergency repairs in ripped inflatables, you can purchase a ClamSeal.
Punctures in accessible places, inside the boat, can be temporarily fixed with a piece of duct or Gorilla tape. To insure a good seal, the area around the puncture should be cleaned with acetone before applying duct tape. After that, you can pump in air to slow down the escaping air, and get ashore as soon as possible.
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Does Gorrila tape really work? I heard that the stuff was amazing, but never thought that it could be used in this type of application. Maybe they could put that on their label, as "Great for emergency uses".
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"The idea of floating around on a cold and dark ocean full of creatures with teeth and tentacles in a boat that is little more than a bag of air can be a pretty scary thing. What about the danger of sinking? People unfamiliar with inflatable boats have a common phobia of the boat springing a leak and deflating. But in more than 20 years of messing around with rubber inflatable boats of all shapes and sizes, I’ve never even heard of one sinking. Sure they deflate, delaminate, disintegrate, swamp, and self-destruct, but they don’t sink. Everything larger than a play boat has multiple air chambers, and it would be very unusual for more than one of them to be punctured at one time. Even should the unlikely occur, a completely deflated boat will retain enough flotation to keep the occupants afloat. So stop worrying about sinking; it just won’t happen. But don’t use this as an excuse not to wear your life jacket.
DEFLATION. While it is practically impossible for your inflatable boat to sink, it is possible to have a tube deflate and create a dangerous situation. For example, an iron spike protruding from a piece of flotsam (Boston Harbor is full of old dock timbers floating just below the surface) can rip a gash in a side tube in a flash. The tube will collapse in seconds and the boat will most likely swamp. Remember that inflatable boats (excluding play inflatable boats) have at least two and as many as six inflation chambers. They also have considerable reserve buoyancy even when deflated, so you aren’t about to sink.
As with any marine emergency, the first thing to do is to get a hold on your emotions. Get your passengers under control, get everyone into life vests, and shut down the motor if there is one. The biggest danger is panic, and you don’t want anyone trying to swim for it or otherwise indulging in hysterics.
If you are being blown offshore and you don’t have an anchor, tie the outboard onto the painter and use it. If the painter is too short, use the lifelines to add length. You can even use the fuel line if you need it.
If you have a catastrophic side-tube collapse of inflatable dinghy in southern waters, it can be a good idea to get everyone out of the boat and into the water holding onto the lifelines, especially if there are a lot of people in the boat. This has the added effect of reducing windage if an unfavorable breeze is blowing, and even a nonswimmer can help kick the boat to shore. But even in warm waters this technique should be viewed as a last resort because hypothermia sets in very quickly."
Source: Inflatable Boats by Jim Trefethen - Great Book. Buy it on Amazon. Highly recommend!Admin
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Yes, It really works. I have used when i got punctured in my boat and it worked out greatly. It a amazing stuff. I would like you to recommend you.
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Thanks for the post and recommendation. Keep sharing.
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Thank you for this article. That’s all I can say. You most definitely have made this post into something special. You clearly know what you are doing, you’ve covered so many bases.Thanks! I had to do a real reality show. คาสิโนออนไลน์but คาสิโนออนไลน์ do not give up even one.
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Just be careful, keep you sharp stuff on one place and make sure that cant reach to surface of the boat...but I think that this kind of boat made of a strong material and you don't be afraid of that could happen to you...
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