Seamax Inflatable Boat – English User Manual
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If it is your 1st time to assemble the boat, it is very important to read through this instruction.
The floorboard system is very important for a Sport Inflatable Boat. You should not miss any parts in your boat
assembling. After your boat fully assembled and inflated, the created structure will be super solid. You can put on your
big outboard motor to reach fast speed, carry the entire passenger on the boat to have a nice time together, load all
the gears to fishing or do your boating trip.
With each boat there are 2 to 6 side-joiners which you have to install on the sides of the floorboards. These joiners
lock the floor in place to form a very stable platform for the boat.
You may notice that the first couple of times when you install the floorboards are a little difficult. This is normal. After
using the boat for a while, the fabric materials may be slightly stretched. Once the boat is inflated and deflated for a
few times, the installation of the floor board will become easier.
Knowing the following tips could help your boat assembling faster and easier:
Pump up the boat – boat had been folded in the box for a while. Pump up all the pontoon chambers to let the
boat material expanded. And then you can deflate the chambers to start the assembling.
Use a 12V electric air pump – when assembling the floorboards, the related chamber(s) air capacity may need
to be adjusted right for certain steps. You can inflate or deflate certain chamber(s) to reach the best position. A
12V electric air pump will help your job much faster and easier.
Soapy water – Boat is designed as right fit with the floorboard system. A new boat could be tighter at the
beginning. Soap water helps smooth the floorboards and side joiners getting in placed easier and faster. Spray
the soap water on the chamber fabric, floorboard edges and side joiners. So they will not be that easy to jam
together. You may save lots of time and labor when you have a spray bottle filled with 5% soapy water handy.
Bottom support – When placing the side joiners, the space along the boat inner edge is very tight since the
floorboards are already in. You can have one aluminum oars or an 8ft 2x4 wood lumber placed below the boat
and along the pontoon as a temporary support. The end part of this temporary supporting material must be over
the transom a few inches. This additional support can lift up the boat edge for few inches, so you can have more
room to insert the side joiners. Also, this additional support can form all floorboards in a fairly straight line and
helps the side joiners to be locked in.
ASSEMBLE STEPS
1. Clear a flat surface that is clean and free of sharp objects. Unfold the boat and spread it out flat.
2. Start with the front plywood floorboard(s); Slide it into the bow, push this as far in the nose as possible or until the
valve base of the keel is in the middle of the opening in the front floorboard. Put the next plywood floorboard after
the front floorboard
3. Place the rear floorboard (the highest number on the board); push this one as far as possible under the transom.
To bend the transom a little bit can help the floorboard going underneath of the blocker.
4. Fit the remaining floorboards together one by one. Finally, the 2 middle aluminum floorboards are forming an
inverted V shape. Align the side edges of the floorboards so they are straight, and then push down slowly on the
V‑joint to flatten the floorboards.