Avon 315 Roll-up floor

[Fire99]

Hi all,

I've an old Avon 315 Roll-up which I use as a tender on the ship. It came minus the inner floor (still had the inflatable keel, fortunately) and I did a temporary lash-up with bed slats but they are now falling to pieces and I was thinking..... Can I fit an aftermarket air floor? I've seen a few kicking around which seem around the right size so am I missing anything funamental about plopping one in instead of the slats?

Gracias..

 

[Seastoke]

Do they do a small SUP

 

[Fire99]

Do they do a small SUP

I've found a 'China fantastic' air floor that I think would fit. I'm just wondering if the theory works to replace a slatted floor with an air floor?

 

[PalmaTarga]

I would assume thickness as the deciding factor there. Having space for it to be inflated between the floor and tubes. Could create wear and stress on glued seams.

 

[Fire99]

I would assume thickness as the deciding factor there. Having space for it to be inflated between the floor and tubes. Could create wear and stress on glued seams.

Gotcha.. Thanks. I did wonder with the thickness of the air floor.. I'll have a little investigate..

 

[Greg2]

Would there be an issue about connecting the air deck to the bottom of the boat? Most air decks I have seen are either an integral element of the hull or are attached to an outer ‘skin’. Just a thought.

 

[Fire99]

Thanks Greg. I assumed with an air deck over an existing V-floor, the deck just slotted into the 'groove' on the sides of the inflatable, much like the aluminium / slatted floors do, just thicker.

 

[Fire99]

It's a bit of a quandry here. The plywood floor I had in a previous Avon was very heavy, which I want to avoid. I generally keep the inflatble 'pumped up' as I used it as a tender from davits (which are fairly lightweight) so ideally I'd like keep the dinghy light but rigid. I thought about PVC cladding panels, as used in bathrooms but I'm not sure if they'd be rigid enough between the dinghy edge and the inflatable 'sausage' keel in the centre. The bed-slat trick worked ok for a while but they fall to pieces fairly quickly. I managed about a year out of the last set.