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INFLATING THE BOAT USING FOOT OR HAND INFLATION PUMP
Illustration in page 15
NOTICE
Do not inflate boats that are piled up on one another.
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Remove the cap to the inflation valve and
ensure the diaphragm is in the closed
position.
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Attach the pump hose tip to the valve on the
buoyancy tube.
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Inflate of the buoyancy, while balancing the
pressure between different compartments
until the bulkheads (a) are no longer visible
(pressure = 240 mb).
NEVER PUT A
COMPARTMENT UNDER
PRESSURE WHILE THE
OTHERS ARE STILL
FULLY DEFLATED
a
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INFLATING THE BUOYANCY TUBE
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Inflate the buoyancy tube up to operating pressure, 240 mbar/ 3.4 PSI.
INFLATING THE HIGH PRESSURE FLOOR
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Inflate the high pressure floor, after having placed the buoyancy tube in the above configuration.
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Screw the cap after inflation.
NOTICE
A slight loss of air is normal before the cap is screwed on. Only the cap
ensures complete air tightness.
INFLATING THE KEEL
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Inflate the keel after having inflated the buoyancy tube and floor. Screw the cap on after inflation.
warning
••••
NEVER INFLATE THE BOAT, KEEL OR THE HIGH PRESSURE
FLOOR WHILE THE CAPS ARE ON THE OVER PRESSURE
VALVES.
••••
REMOVE THE CAPS DURING INFLATION AND REFIT THEM
ONCE THIS PROCEDURE IS COMPLETED.
••••
DURING NAVIGATION, THE CAPS MUST BE IN PLACE,
UNSCREW THEM WHEN THE BOAT IS OUT OF THE WATER.
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REGULARLY CHECK THEIR FUNCTIONING.
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TIGHTEN THE CAPS TO THE VALVES WITH JUST A ½ TURN.
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