Storage Of The Boat; Treatment And Storage; Guarantee Conditions; Boat Repairing - Gumotex ONTARIO 450 S Manuel De L'utilisateur

ATTENTION
Pay great attention to your choice of fl otation life-jacket.
The fl otation life-jacket should have a tag bearing details
of its fl otation capabilities and safety certifi cation.
5. Storage of the Boat – See Fig. 3
Clean the boat free of dirt and dry it before folding.
The plugholes in the rear deck (20) and in the bottom (21) can
be used to quickly drain water from the boat. Defl ate air from
all chambers. Defl ating can be speeded up by rolling up the
boat in the direction of the air valves or by sucking the air way.
Untie the seats and place the ropes into the netted bag. Do not
leave sharp objects in the boat.
Spread the boat out on a fl at place, fold the cylinders on the
bottom of the boat along the lengthwise axis of the boat, and
then fold the cylinders again in half along the lengthwise axis.
Scroll the front and back part of the boat three times. Fold the
packed halves over each other.
With the boat thus packed, stretch the two compression straps
tight around and insert into the bag.
Enclose the remaining equipment and close the bag.
ATTENTION
When using the boat, always seal the valves with their
valve caps. This will keep dirt out of the valves. Dirt can
cause leaky valve seals.

6. Treatment and Storage

The rubber surface coating of the boat is sensitive to oils, gas-
oline, toluene, acetone, kerosene and similar thinning agents.
Prior to storing a dirty boat, wash it down with warm soapy
water. Rinse the boat with fresh water after using the boat in
seawater. It is recommended to check the state of the infl ation
valves and the safety relief valves.
If a valve is not air-tight, it is possible to unscrew the valve
body from the boat with the use of a special valvekey and cle-
an its membrane with a strong jet of water or compressed air.
Prior to storage, it is recommended to rub the surface of the
boat with an agent intended for the treatment of such surfaces,
which has cleaning properties, and which impregnates the ma-
terial to prevent further dirtying, or which is capable of forming
a protective UVfi lter.
Never use agents containing silicon when treating your boat.
Store the clean and dry product in a dark dry place at a tem-
perature of (15 – 35) °C, at least 1.5 m from any radiant heat
source and out of the reach of rodents. During longterm sto-
rage, it is recommended to infl ate the boat for 24 hours from
time to time to avoid fatiguing the fold lines.
It is also recommended to have the boat serviced by the ma-
nufacturer's authorized service station at least once every two
or three years.
Proper care and treatment of the boat will increase its service life.

7. Guarantee Conditions

The guarantee period is 24 months and is calculated from the
date of sale.
The producer provides cost-free repairs or replacement of
faulty components for material faults or production faults.

8. Boat Repairing

You can easily repair a damaged boat yourselves by means of
the accompanying gluing set.
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Gluing:
•
mark out the damaged area on the boat and choose an
appropriately sized patch;
•
the surfaces of both patch and place to be glued must be
clean, dry and without traces of old glue;
•
degrease the patch and the damaged spot with acetone or
petrol;
•
spread a thin layer of glue on both surfaces to be glued and
repeat this step once the fi rst layer has dried;
•
after the second layer has dried, press the patch fi rmly on
the damaged place, weigh down or use a rolling pin on
a fl at surface.
For minor repairs (punctures), it is possible to re-infl ate the
boat and continue using it after waiting for approx. 30 minutes;
after more serious repairs, you should wait for 24 hours before
using the repaired boat. Complicated repairs should be per-
formed by the manufacturer or at authorized service stations.
Guarantee repairs and post-guarantee repairs are provi-
ded by the manufacturer:
GUMOTEX, a. s.
Mládežnická 3062/3a
690 75 Břeclav
Czech Republic

9. Product Disposal Method

The product should be disposed of at municipal waste dispo-
sal sites.

10. Packaging Disposal Method

Cardboard – recycle as the indicated symbol directs.
PE-LD plastic wrap (low-density branched polyethylene) – re-
cycle as the indicated symbol directs.

11. Type Parameters Tag

Each boat is provided with its own Type Parameters Tag which
displays the most important technical parameters.
Please follow these values. Above all, do not overload the boat
and maintain the recommended maximum pressures in the air
chambers.