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Old 03-27-2009, 01:10 PM
Miamiproas Miamiproas is offline
 
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Need DIYinstructions 4 RIB for Catapult catamaran and more

I just purchased a beated up inflatable Catapult catamaran. After furthere research I found these were the first production hulls made of PVC - subsequent were made of hypalon. I noted my mistake after the purchase so live and learn

I want to build my own hulls but with hypalon. I have rebuilt several sailboats and built a couple of proas so I think with basic instruction I can do this myself.
I understand there is a member her by the name of Sealion who is an expert on building hypalon RIBs - since the Catapult is a british boat and I am in Miami - well, I rather try to see if I can make the hulls myself before I order teh replacement hulls.

My ultimate goal and the reason I boat the boat is that I want to build an inflatable proa - I figure if Mr. Sealion can walk me thru the basics, I can get my feet wet on the catapult before I tackle designing the inflatable proa -

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Old 05-25-2009, 11:57 AM
Miamiproas Miamiproas is offline
 
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Purchased the Hypalon - will use old floats as patterns

Well
Due to lack of response and not finding much on how to build inflatable hulls I decided to go at it alone based mainly on instructions from sites dealing with repairs - I will documment all steps and will publish them later.
Just got my hypalon and the inside and outside tapes, waiting on the glue
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Old 05-25-2009, 03:18 PM
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<Maybe this wil help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YINpYty3lI
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