tight fitting dinghy bag

[TiggerToo]

I don't know if it is only me, but I have "inherited" a Zodiac inflatable that has a very tight carrier bag made of reinforced pvc material. It is always a struggle to fit it back in. I have found that smearing the inside of the bag with washing up liquid helps to luubricate the process somewhat...
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[geoffatstanpit]

I'd have thought french chalk would be less messy!

 

[andy_wilson]

The bags are designed to be filled in a nice warm factory where the inflatables are vacuumed empty after testing, and fold up really small because the fabric is warm and flexible.

 

[ShipsWoofy]

We use our electric pump to suck the dinghy empty, it makes an enourmous difference to the space the dinghy takes up....

 

[colvic987]

we had the same problem, till i discovered that the newer models have a more user friendly version, and i found one in the cheap bits bin....or have a larger one run up at the sailmakers....

 

[wooslehunter]

Totally agree, once I got a pump it was so much easier to fold the dinghy up small.

 

[Spyro]

Sucking the air out with the foot pump works for me, . I have an old Avon. You have to be quick getting the stopper back in though or it starts sucking air back in itself