Enrico

After talking with a few more people they reccommended using a high grit sandpaper to see how deep it went, luckely its just the top layer so using wet 600 sandpaper ive gotten most of it off and its just whats left down deep in the weave. Here is a side by side view. Hope this helps anyone in the futer and if yous have any ideas on how to get the last of it out id be keen to know. Cheers fellas

Thanks for the feedback so far guys, if its chemical do you guys think it can be repaired, where I had a strap going over it it is not damaged so maybe a chemical interacting with the uv and causing it?

Cheers, its on my phone but i think ive got it, should be viewable soon

Hey Guys , I recently got my boat back from a friend whos place it was staying at for a few months due to me not having space to store it and now that its back it has these brown patches on it. He says that during a bit of a storm the cover came off and it was out in the sun for a week while he was away on work. I think its uv damage but im not sure, is there any way to repair it? I would hate to lose access to my boat right before summer. The brown area is not stickey like some people describe it but its made the rib feel alot more stiff in the damaged area when its deflated. I would add an i