Prevention is better than cure
Remove
To Remove
your SeaPen Drive-in floating Dock
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Deploy dock down. Remove craft from mooring position. Deploy dock up.
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Remove the control/pump box and disconnect pump box from flexible
outer envelope by undoing the flexible hose connection. Disconnect the air
outlet from the control box and from the air connection on the deployment
collar of the flexible outer envelope.
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Remove the gate adjuster .
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Remove mooring lines from the rigid pipe frame.
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Fix temporary floats (4 litre containers) to rear end of each rigid
pipe frame leg.
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Cut cable ties fixing the pipe frame with side cutters. Remove the centre
bolts from the active bow coupling. Remove rigid pipe frame.
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Cut cable ties fixing the rope matt liner with side cutters. Remove
rope matt liner.
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Remove flexible outer envelope and deflate deployment collar.
(The SeaPen
DryDoc will fit folded on a 6 x 4 box trailer)
Reinstall
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Remove craft from mooring position.
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Launch flexible outer envelope and inflate deployment collar.
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Insert rope matt liner and fix in place using
cable ties with 100mm of rope matt above the cable tie connection.
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Install Galvanised Chain ballast. Tie off at each end of rope matt
liner.
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Fix temporary floats (4 litre containers) to the rear end of each
rigid pipe frame leg. Join the two legs of the ridged pipe frame with the
active bow coupling and place in position with a pipe leg on either side of the
flexible outer envelope. Position the flexible outer envelope as far forward
in the pipe frame as it will go. Fix in place with cable ties. Remove
temporary floats.
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Install the gate adjuster and adjust the rope length of the
suspension buoys.
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Install mooring lines to the rigid pipe frame.
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Install the control/pump box in appropriate position and connect pump
box to flexible outer envelope with flexible hose connection. Connect the
air outlet of the control box to the air connection on the deployment collar
of the flexible outer envelope.
Deploy dock down and moor craft in position. Deploy dock up.
Note:-
To cut cable ties use side or end cutters only
In
an emergency
If
the Seapen DryDoc control box is not working for any reason you
can still open and close your dock.
To open, disconnect the
air hose from the control box and let the air escape from the deployment collar,
continue dock open procedure as normal.
To close, you
may use a hand or foot operated air pump to inflate the deployment
collar. Be careful not to over inflate the deployment collar. 12Volt power is
still needed to pump the dock dry however.
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