Craig wrote: - >An ad in the magazine caught my eye. West Systems has an interesting repair >cartridge that fits in an ordinary standard caulking gun but delivers >metered epoxy for emergency repairs out of a single tip. G'Day Craig and all, There's also a product in Oz called Selleys plumbers putty. It's a two part epoxy in a tube about six inches long and is designed to work in saltwater. You break off as much as necessary and then knead the two parts together and apply the putty to the problem area. It sets hard and sandable and makes a very effective seal, at least on the one occasion I've had to use it. This was when my boat sprang a leak in a stupidly designed gland for a Valley skeg cable. It was a quick release gland made from dissimilar metals. The gland was located deep in the recesses of the rear hatch and had both corroded and accidentally quick released. Some readers may remember my boat started slowly sinking 20 km into a 40km crossing in the Whitsundays. The dry bags filled with gear gave me sufficient flotation to complete the crossing where I found a rear hatch half filled with water and after suspending the boat between a couple of trees found the leak and fixed it with a fair bit of help from my friends - thanks Lippy and Margot. It saved the trip and I think Valley have now changed the design. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 06 2010 - 09:07:38 PDT
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