I was teaching a teenager how to row today and his first rock he ran into happen to have a big piece of metal fencing wrapped around it a couple of inches under the water. Damn shitty luck. Anyway, there is a four foot long rip that I was unable to fix on the water since I didn’t have enough glue or material with me. (We finished the float by lashing together the tubes from a pack cat that we had along and putting them under the cat frame). Can I do this repair myself after I get enough material, or does a rip of this magnitude demands someone who can turn it inside out to patch it?
I was teaching a teenager how to row today and his first rock he ran into happen to have a big piece of metal fencing wrapped around it a couple of inches under the water. Damn shitty luck. Anyway, there is a four foot long rip that I was unable to fix on the water since I didn’t have enough glue or material with me. (We finished the float by lashing together the tubes from a pack cat that we had along and putting them under the cat frame). Can I do this repair myself after I get enough material, or does a rip of this magnitude demands someone who can turn it inside out to patch it?
I think its time to call in the pros for this one. If you're near Denver, Zach Baird (pm ZBaird or go to Raft Fix.com // High Tech Inflatable Raft Repair) should be back from the Middle Fork next week, and he can do a professional job on the repair. Also there's John Sells at Inflatable Technologies who does excellent work, Downriver Equipment has a repair program too.
Good luck with it,
-AH
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