First outing on new Starboard inflatable paddle board - 2013

Got the new(demo) Starboard Whopper Fun inflatable paddle board from Pacific paddle in Bucerias.

July 2013 - Currently in Paradise Village Marina in Banderas Bay Mexico (by Puerto Vallarta)  

Note:

This inflatable paddle board was just terrible. It leaked again and again, and we found out down in Acapulco it had been recalled.

First we blew it up as much as we could with the electric pump.

We have been really busy, so I did not get to blow it up until Friday morning. I huffed and puffed and finally got it blown up and then took it for a paddle. I thought I could only pump it up to 14 lbs and it said on the board to go to 18 lbs. So, I figured they gave me the wrong pump.

 After paddling for  a bit the board started leaking air out the side. Not again! This board is like new even though it is a demo it is a 2013 lightly used board 😊

So I called Pacific Paddle and Adam said bring it on over. Hmmm..no car and it is a two-bus trip ride.

Well Paul on the 1982 Valiant 40 a slip over has Hues car. Hue and Barb are in Canada for a month. So I go over to Paul and bum a ride. The girls came with us, and we got to Pacific Paddle just fine. Talking to Adam who could not figure out why it had a hole as it was pumped up when I bought. We had to let the air out and role it up to get it into the car. That was with Hue and Barb. Any way I was asking about the pump not going high enough and we discovered I was reading bars not pounds. The pumps scale was in red under the bar scale. So, I had blown it up to 20 lbs. Now we know why it was so hard to blow up and why it blew up. Well, it should go up to 25 lbs. without lowing up or so I read.

Any way Adam went to his warehouse and got me another demo that has been holding air for 6 weeks and basically said screw it this time and you're on your own. Or you will need to patch it yourself next time.

 Today I blew it up to 12 lbs. and will check it out tomorrow as we got invited to go to the movies (Wolverine) with John and Kelly and their daughter today.

I would like to get it pumped to 15 lbs. and at the hottest part of the day be at say 18 lbs. 18 lbs. is the recommended air pressure but Adam said 15 lbs. would work fine. That way in the cool morning I could just take it out without adding air and in the afternoon, I would not need to let air out.

Keep you posted.