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Originally Posted by columbiachop
i agree. i'm sure using inner tubes doesn't help resale value much. what about performance though? i'm considering haveing new tubes installed to replace my rubber "bladder" system. do you guys know if there is any performance drawbacks to using inner tubes?
the cost of re-tubeing my 14' boat -$5,600. ouch.
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The inner tube system allowed HBI to easily offer those boats in many colors inexpensively as the outer shell and bladdef costs less than a traditional tube. They were built about 20 minutes from my house. Unfortunately those bladders were notorious for failure. If the bladder are not tight enough the outer shell will move and eventually tear. Had a yacht club 20 years ago that got fed up and we replaced their entire system with custom hypalon tubes before HBI started to switch to a real air holding tube.
