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My 1997 Quicksilver 330 inflatable has given up the ghost. It's leaking in a place that 2 inflatable repair shops said cannot be fixed. It is a PVC model so getting 21 years of service out of it is pretty good IMO.

Last week at the Detroit Boat Show I stopped by a couple of the vendors that were selling inflatables. I wanted to get another air floor model as I loved my air floor on the Quicksilver. Well, the vendor selling Brig did not have a model that could handle my 15 HP Mercury OB. The max HP for an air floor model Brig was 8 HP. I wanted to get a new inflatable not a new OB motor.

Then I stopped by Dinghy Concepts booth. I looked at the Achillies they sell. They are Hypalon and the one I would have needed was $2600. I then saw the Aventus models behind the Achillies. The Aventus is a PVC model that can be ordered with either a wood or air floor.

The boat show price was $1199.00 much more within my budget. I was not planning to replace my old inflatable but I guess after 21 years it's time for a new one. The only thing I don't like is it comes with only a 3 year warranty. My Quicksilver had a 5 year warranty. The air floor on that one did fail in year 4 and it was replaced without question. I pick mine up May 2nd.

Does anyone here own an Aventus inflatable? How is it holding up?

Thanks in advance for any comments.

Cant answer about Aventus but, wow 21 years from your pvc inflatable, very impressive.

I had a PVC model for over 20 years too but she was always under a covered slip and I used a dinghy vinyl protector type product on her about 3 times a season. There's a few on the market, probably pretty much all the same stuff. Didn't have a glued joint issue. It was still in good shape when I sold it.

Never heard of that brand, but visiting the Aventus website they look like they’d be a quality dinghy. What size are you looking at? I am looking at getting a 9’ air floor at some point. I had a 12’ pvc Saturn inflatable a few years ago with a 25 hp on it and I was pretty impressed with the quality of it, for being a cheap inflatable.

MakinTime wrote:Qr Bbpost Never heard of that brand, but visiting the Aventus website they look like they’d be a quality dinghy. What size are you looking at? I am looking at getting a 9’ air floor at some point. I had a 12’ pvc Saturn inflatable a few years ago with a 25 hp on it and I was pretty impressed with the quality of it, for being a cheap inflatable.

I ordered the Sam 310. It's 10' 2" long with a 5' 1" beam.

bud37 wrote:Qr Bbpost Cant answer about Aventus but, wow 21 years from your pvc inflatable, very impressive.

It was always stored inside except when it was being used. On my last boat I stored it in the forward berth. Not sure where I am going to store this one yet.