It still blows me away how awesome these boats are! I was in a similar situation with a friend on his 420. Caught a sharp chunk of tree just above water line and tore a 3' gash in the front port side chamber and it augured into the rear chamber as well. He backed down off the log, accelerated gently and it seemed to be handling ok. We got clear of the area then slowed to checked it, tear was above water line so I just held the ropes to bring the side up out of the water as much as possible and we continued the 5km back to the launch without issues. Two chambers, one whole site of the boat deflated and it still got us home no problems.
This production quality is awesome
It still blows me away how awesome these boats are! I was in a similar situation with a friend on his 420. Caught a sharp chunk of tree just above water line and tore a 3' gash in the front port side chamber and it augured into the rear chamber as well. He backed down off the log, accelerated gently and it seemed to be handling ok. We got clear of the area then slowed to checked it, tear was above water line so I just held the ropes to bring the side up out of the water as much as possible and we continued the 5km back to the launch without issues. Two chambers, one whole site of the boat deflated and it still got us home no problems.
Fantastic video! I do river gold mining on a seadoo, this year I got a aluminium jon boat... your inflatable looks like a fantastic solution!
awesome video, so how easy is it to repair that huge slice out of the raft?
What HP is your motor?