The collar is outfitted with stainless steel D-rings for tie downs and lifelines. Our collars are built to the customer's specs and can include a variety of trim packages.

Standard rope strips or custom attachment methods are available and can be configured to the customer’s specs.

All seams are heat-welded with inside and outside seam tape. Custom colors and sizes are available as well as custom logos.

Each collar is outfitted with a single 8" wide heavy-duty extruded vinyl rubstrake as standard equipment. Double and triple width rubstrakes of either vinyl or non-marking urethane and 4" wide urethane wear strips for smaller applications are also available.

All air collars include one spare bladder for each size used on the boat, repair kit, foot pump, written bladder removal and repair instructions, and an instructional video.

CPI Marine utilizes a unique system whereby the bladder holds air rather than the outer hull.

The bladders hold several advantages over the conventional baffle system:

1) With the baffle system, chasing leaks is a common problem. This means that the leak is entering a hole in the inside coating of the fabric, traveling in between the layers of rubber and “wicking” through the fabric fibers, and exiting out another hole or holes in the exterior coating of the fabric. The result is that if you fix one leak on the outside, it can just leak through another exterior hole or where the coating has worn thin. Leaks are easily found with the CPI removable bladder, because only the bladder film holds air. Once it’s fixed, it stays fixed.

2) The bladders offer additional protection from punctures. The outer cover can be hit, subjected to abrasion, poked, cut, or burned, and as long as the internal bladder itself is not damaged, the collar will continue to hold air.

3) The greatest advantage to a bladder system is the fact that when a failure occurs—caused by a puncture through the outer cover—the bladder can easily be removed, repaired, and replaced. All of our collars come with a spare bladder so that when the deflated bladder is removed for repairs, a new bladder can be inserted.

4) The punctured bladder can be removed and replaced with a new one in minutes, thus reducing downtime to a minimum. Even if the outer hull is damaged, in minor cases it can be given field repairs and a new bladder, and be 100% functional until full repair of the damage can be made.

5) No special training is required to remove, repair, and replace a bladder. The included repair kit comes with simple instructions and a video explaining each step. Repair is fast (12 hours allowing for the adhesive to dry) and easy.