Incept Inflatable Raft Technology
Design experience, expert craftsmanship & the world's
best materials.
And, of course, we get to do a lot of field testing!
Incept Square
Back Inflatable Rafts
excel
in extreme water. The guide sits closer to thewater
which gives easier control. Thelonger
bow allows the raft to punch through holesand
yet maintain ease of control.
Incept
Double-Ender Inflatable Rafts are
an industry
standard,
outwardly
the conventional river raft shape but aswith
all Incept
inflatable rafts
they have exceptional dynamicperformance
in all classes of water.
Incept's
W38SX
Square Back Whitewater Inflatable Raft
Incept Inflatable Rafts
Key Information All Incept
Marine
whitewater inflatable
rafts
are designedto
achieve optimum waterline shape andexceptional
handling with good carry-through
in holes and stoppers.Incept
have developed
uniquely taperedself
bailing floors for all models whichare
permanently integrated into everyboat.
This results in long life, excellentperformance
and stability, together withgood
tracking and handling
qualities.
All seams
are either "Hot Air" or "High Frequency"
welded.
"D" Rings and
Frame Chafers
are glued.
INCEPT
WARRANTY
PRIVATE USEFive years on
materials and workmanship
COMMERCIAL USETwo years on
materials and workmanshipWarranty provisions are
conditional on the return
of the
product to the factory or approvedwarranty shop,
freight paid.
All costs of making good, including freight
from
service shopback to owner, is covered by warranty.
History of The Incept
Self Bailing Floor
Undoubtedly, Incept has
the best performingself
bailing floors in the inflatable raft market today,
but not without some
problems in the past.Virtually all
inflatable raft manufacturers
using this typeof
floor have
experienced some problems in the past. The problem
is
usuallywith
the I-Beam edge of the floor
separating from the baseor
the cap of the main tubes.
This is a point of very high stress and strain.
Some inflatable raft
manufacturers,
including ourselves, havealso had
trouble with air leaks resulting
from damaged
coatings, caused by the
stresses experiencedon
the floor as it bends and twists overwaves,
scrapes on rocks and the like.The prevention of
I-Beam failures
on Incept floors have beencured
with better designs and workmanship. This
has not been a problem
for Incept for
quite some time, but you may hear about past problems.One of the distinguishing characteristics of New Zealand
Kiwis is that we are very honest!
To make a durable self bailing floor, the
stresses on thematerialare
more difficult. We havehadfloor
material manufacturers, expert
chemists and engineers
outto
New Zealand to watch our constructionmethods
and see first hand what is expectedof
our rafts. Additionally we have sourcedmaterial
from various manufacturers andtested
them in floors used on some of the world's most
extreme rivers
such
as our Kaituna (21 ffoot
waterfall) andAustralia's Tully (run 365 days a year).The solution
was the adoption in July 2003 of urethane for
our floor material,
and this issourced
from a top European manufacturer.You can tell which
of our rafts has this material as we
chooseose
"Rescue" orange for the
floor cap. This, together with the contrastingtubes
and thwarts of either red or yellow, looksvery
smart.And, it works!
