Yes, over the course of the summer I did have one puncture, for which, I might add, that patch so easily mistaken for nothing but a small extraneous piece of paper and hence completely overlooked is of no value whatsoever

The bow string is a pathetic piece of 12" nylon string.

I didn’t use the stingy piece of string they supplied, I held on to them with rope from my fishing magnet

These people are trying to exploit me for the return shipping for their dangerous piece of garbage that they sold me

The way you have to inflate it is by mouth blow up pieces instead of a large valve

Very well made boat, easily supported my daughter and I with no issues