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€uroboy:
I bought an Inazone 230 a few years ago and I have no regrets. It's a very comfy boat once padded out and it performs really well enabling you to improve your paddling 10-fold (well ... it did for me IMHO). I had mine until I got my level 4 proficiency and I know others did too (Suzzie, Donogh? and many others). Due to cashflow I wasn't able to keep it and have another one at the same time so I sold it. Others still had theirs for quite some time and bought another one which is testament to their financial situation and their confidence in the boat. The reason for my sale was for my personal paddling requirements, therefore needing a different kind of boat. It had nothing to do with the Inazone. If your standard is high enough you will be able to run almost any kind of river in it so you can't really go wrong with it.

When you do inspect it ensure that you do a thorough examination: general condition of hull and edges (cracks, scrapes, bumps, quality/thickness of plastic under the seat, is it banana-shaped from being pinned?), thigh grips, thigh grip screws (make sure they're all there and functioning well), seat, seat bolts (any cracking in seat or hull emanating from bolts? Again make sure they are there and functioning well. The seat (from memory) is fixed to the boat at four locations (two on either side) so make sure you examine all and that all the bolts/screws are there and functioning well. There's no point just seeing that they are there coz you would have wasted your cash when you come to moving the seat or thigh grips and you can't coz the screws/bolts have seized up. An easy but tedious way to check this is to actually take the seat out of the boat but that's a call you will have to make yourself. By doing so you will be able to examine the seat, the screws/bolts and the screw/bolt holes on the outside and inside of the boat. This list is not exhaustive to please add other areas to inspect if I missed any out. Oh, and never forget to try and get the price down if you can but 400 yoyo seems a good price.

Get your hands on a club Inazone and try it out on the water. After all this you may not even like it. If the club doesn't have one I'm sure if you asked around someone will be more than happy to loan you one in exchange for sexual favours :wink: Your deck may not fit the keyhole so take into account the purchase of a new one if need be.

I hope this helps and sorry for going on a bit too long.

André

carlito:

--- Quote ---it shouldnt get too beaten
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You've clearly never been surfin' in Easky then Meabh...

Hooooooge walls pitching up over a reef that' only about a foot underwater, breaking against massive, sharp, undercut rock platforms...

 :twisted:  :shock:  :twisted:  :shock:  :twisted:  :shock:  :twisted:  :shock:

Oh yeah, bring on Easky

Brendino:

--- Quote ---The plastic isn't as strong and is more prone to breaking when pinned, hitting rocks, piton-ing, falling off roofracks, boat-throwing comps, etc...
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ALLOW ME TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES RAISED FOTHWITH......

I dont' think that Aodhan will be paddling many rivers in the immediate future where verticle pinning will be an issue. This is not a comment on your ability Aodhan but rather experience. So I dont think that verticle pinning will be an issue.

Hitting Rocks. Yes that will happen, but the plastic isn't that bad. I should know, I hit plenty in mine. Only a small issue.

Falling off roof racks. I didn't know Aodhan had a car. More chance of a verticle pinning I reckon.

Boat throwing Competition. You don't do this with your own boat.

I fully agree with you Cormac though, People with little experience on grade III + Water (me included in that group) shouldn't paddle one of the sports edition Ina Zones. However, they are great fun in the surf.

I'm trying to give advice to Aodhan and those people in the club who have about the same experience and who are looking at buying a boat. People with more experience and knowledge should be informed enough on the  manufacturing of boats by different companies to make their own decisions.

cormac:
Agreed Brendino.

I am just coming from the point of view that in OAS when we're selling Sports we have been told to tell people that the plastic is weaker and they shouldn't expect to be able to put it through too much of a beating.  While Aodhán may not be getting the boat pinned with him in it, it might get pinned or beaten with him not in it (no offence Chuckmeister!) if you know what I mean.  Overall it'll probably be fine, and you can tie Meabh on the front as a bumper when you're surfing.

 :D

Agreed Carl, bring on Easky

 :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  8)

Sean Mc:
If it's any consolation chuckie, a friend of mine has an InaZone 230 sport and has taken it down several iv alpine rivers and it has taken itself down rivers on occasion too. All this with no problems or any more damage than my own orginal series 230 took on rivers throughout Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Switzerland. I'd even say mine got more damaged when I swam on the Beamish a fews years back.
 
Point to note though, when she bought the boat the guy selling it to us did remark that it was more like a 230 than a 230 sport. When it was bought the sport range had only been introduced about 2 weeks previously so it may have been a rebadged 230.

To back up what others have said, try out as many boats as possible before you buy.

c ya
Sean Mc

p.s. I hope I haven't jinxed my friends 230 sport now :?

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