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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Flotation bags
By:Mike Savage
Date: 5/8/2011, 3:21 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Flotation bags (Bill Hamm)

: Mine are all (all?...I have two ) NRS, I just swap them from boat
: to boat.

: Bill H.

Hi Bill,
I got a bunch of Boreal airbags years ago, a mix of sizes. I've tested them by inflating them and putting a smooth rock on top for a week, they all stayed inflated. At least they did with the original plugs, the wooden ones I had to make (less plastic plugs than bags) did leak a bit over the week. From boingy to not quite boingy. I think they'll do fine for my SoF's. I'm never out that long. :D
They're quite heavy but that means they're stiff enough to roll them lengthwise to put them in the kayak ends easily. They unroll with inflation.

Mike Savage
South West Cork

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Flotation bags
Robert -- 5/5/2011, 3:55 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Flotation bags
Ken Blanton -- 5/5/2011, 6:40 pm
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john faas -- 5/5/2011, 10:26 pm
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Ken Blanton -- 5/6/2011, 5:35 am
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StephenHJ -- 5/6/2011, 1:01 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/7/2011, 5:35 pm
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Jeff Horton -- 5/8/2011, 9:13 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/8/2011, 1:42 pm
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Mike Savage -- 5/8/2011, 3:21 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/10/2011, 2:48 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Flotation bags *PIC*
Tom Yost -- 5/10/2011, 12:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/11/2011, 1:51 am
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Bill Hamm -- 5/11/2011, 1:53 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Flotation bags:small leak
Foster -- 5/11/2011, 11:24 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Flotation bags:small leak
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/14/2011, 9:52 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Flotation bags:small leak
Bill Hamm -- 5/15/2011, 12:32 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Flotation bags:small leak
Bill Hamm -- 5/15/2011, 12:34 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Flotation bags
Corona -- 5/11/2011, 12:32 pm