Comments on: Patches Gets A New Life

By: RumHead

RumHead — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:21:27 +0000

Hi Mike,
Just sold Patches about a month ago and the paint held up great. Some of the red (that was just the cosmetic paint) did scrape off on barnacles, but not the rubberizing gray underpaint. I would recommened going with gray on gray though. That way, it wouldn't be noticeable if you missed a few spots when applying the second, water based paint topcoat.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:53:09 +0000

Any chance you can comment on how the paint job is holding up. I am interested in painting my boat, but am concerned with its longevity.

By: RumHead

RumHead — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:52:18 +0000

When the boat is deflated, you can lift straight up on one of the boards – probably the center, and it will come apart. I don't know about yours, but I will never take mine apart again. The boards were very difficult to get back in. Maybe I didn't have the right techinque, don't know, but it took a lot of cursing to get it back together. The next dinghy will be an air-filled floor for sure.

By: Walter

Walter — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:11:27 +0000

It’s cool what you did .. I have the same dingy but my problem is how do I fold it up for storage.. I was hoping you could give me an insight of how to remove the inside wooded board so that I can pack it away in .. btw I called my “little red”