Recommendation for Repairing Bombadier Dinghy Neasr Huntington NY

[rpasquarello]

A friend of mine has offered to sell me his old dinghy for $100 bucks if it is repairable. He is moving and has a larger one for this 47' Carver and this one has been sitting in his basement, so this one is bound for his garage sale in the Spring..

It is an older 8 1/2 - 9' Bombadier with an inflatable high pressure floor insert. Three small repairs were done to the inflatable floor but no reported leaks in the dinghy itself (and it is registered and transferable).

The main issue is that the front portion of the floor has separated from the pontoons for about 2' from the bow back on both sides.

Since my kids would be using this, I would prefer to have it professionally repaired. Would it be worth the expense? Any recommendations on where to get it fixed around Huntington, NY or a guesstimate on the cost?

This is not a big deal for me as I bought a new Coleman PVC dingly at BJ's last year with a snap-in inflatable floor, but his would be easier to setup and takedown.

Opinions?

Thanks everyone!

Rocco

:huh:

 

[Rocket]

Try port inflateables in port Jefferson.

 

[rpasquarello]

Thanks for the tip. Sounds like a small road trip will be in order, soon!

 

[tdschafer]

Rocco,

Do you think it's worth fixing this old dink? You can pick up a brand new Baltik for around $800.00. Just a thought..

 

[rpasquarello]

Todd,

I'm not sure if it's worth it or not - hence my post. I bought one last year for my kids to tool around in from BJ's, but it's a hassle to snap the aluminum floor in and out of each time we use it. I don't have a big enough boat to keep it inflated all the time. See http://www.bjs.com/webapp/wcs/store...&sc_cid=GPLA&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=152435479

 

[troc]

port inflatable +1

 

[rpasquarello]

port inflatable +1

Update: I spoke to the guys at Port back in April and they looked at pics I emailed. This saved me a schelp out there. The said it wasn't worth repairing.

Stand up group of people and honest !