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Old 09-17-2009, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by tbone616 View Post
It's probably not a leak unless it's getting really soft. The air your putting into your boat is warmer than the water temperature so when you put it on the water the air cools which takes up less space than warm air, thus the softening of your boat. It's completely normal unless like i said your loosing alot of air. One way to avoid this is (if you have the time) is to fill up your boat and let it sit in the water for 15 mins or so to cool the air then top it up with your pump before heading out, you should find this helps your problem.
Gr8 tip! Will for sure try that on the little woman's new blowup Yak. Cheers!
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