Comments on: Inflatable Canoe http://misanthropicscott.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/inflatable-canoe/ The blog of a bipolar misanthrope Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:40:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Misanthropic Scott http://misanthropicscott.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/inflatable-canoe/#comment-801 Misanthropic Scott Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:17:25 +0000 http://misanthropicscott.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/inflatable-canoe/#comment-801 I should also mention that I have had excellent experience with the warranty on this boat. We had a very slow leak on one valve and the sliders on the zippers needed to be replaced. We were able to drive it to a repair place in Pennsylvania (thus avoiding $70 shipping one way) and get it repaired without hassle. This year, we scratched the bottom a bit, nothing major, on a rock with mussels attached that we couldn't see below the murky surface at low tide. This was completely our fault. I contacted the repair place, drove it there, and had it fixed. They melted the outer skin slightly applied a roller, thus resealing it to protect the material underneath that had not been damaged. I did not even have to contact Aire for approval. We just drove out there, got it fixed while we waited, and drove home. The warranty on this boat is amazing. For 10 years, they'll fix almost anything that happens to it. The only expense would be shipping (both ways when it's pilot error), and cases of gross negligence on your part. Scrapes like this are not gross negligence. There was no charge. Having a fully inflated boat blow off the top of one's car at highway speeds is gross negligence, a story we heard from our repair-person. They were able to fix that, but not for free. BTW, please note again that even these minor scrapes required actively sitting on a rock covered with mussels and jearking the boat around back and forth until we freed ourselves from it. Dragging over beaver dams and sitting on normal submerged rocks has never caused any significant damage. Sometimes we can see a mark from a beaver dam or rock, but never any hint of a cut of the material. This boat has really impressed us. So has the warranty. I should also mention that I have had excellent experience with the warranty on this boat. We had a very slow leak on one valve and the sliders on the zippers needed to be replaced. We were able to drive it to a repair place in Pennsylvania (thus avoiding $70 shipping one way) and get it repaired without hassle. This year, we scratched the bottom a bit, nothing major, on a rock with mussels attached that we couldn’t see below the murky surface at low tide. This was completely our fault. I contacted the repair place, drove it there, and had it fixed. They melted the outer skin slightly applied a roller, thus resealing it to protect the material underneath that had not been damaged. I did not even have to contact Aire for approval. We just drove out there, got it fixed while we waited, and drove home.

The warranty on this boat is amazing. For 10 years, they’ll fix almost anything that happens to it. The only expense would be shipping (both ways when it’s pilot error), and cases of gross negligence on your part. Scrapes like this are not gross negligence. There was no charge. Having a fully inflated boat blow off the top of one’s car at highway speeds is gross negligence, a story we heard from our repair-person. They were able to fix that, but not for free.

BTW, please note again that even these minor scrapes required actively sitting on a rock covered with mussels and jearking the boat around back and forth until we freed ourselves from it. Dragging over beaver dams and sitting on normal submerged rocks has never caused any significant damage. Sometimes we can see a mark from a beaver dam or rock, but never any hint of a cut of the material. This boat has really impressed us. So has the warranty.

]]> By: BubbaRay http://misanthropicscott.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/inflatable-canoe/#comment-3 BubbaRay Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:57:53 +0000 http://misanthropicscott.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/inflatable-canoe/#comment-3 Hey, Scott. Thanks for the canoe info! I've bookmarked this site and will try to visit as often as I can. See ya' here and at DU too. Send me a note if you'd like. As an astronomer, I'm familiar with the anthropic principle. But the "misanthropic principle?" :) Hey, Scott. Thanks for the canoe info! I’ve bookmarked this site and will try to visit as often as I can. See ya’ here and at DU too. Send me a note if you’d like.

As an astronomer, I’m familiar with the anthropic principle. But the “misanthropic principle?” :)

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