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07-17-2021, 11:13 AM
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Veteran Member
City: Seal Beach, CA
Vessel Name: Epiphany
Vessel Model: 2001 Maxum 4100 SCA
Join Date: Oct 2020
Posts: 33
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Advice on 5" rip
What would you do to fix this? A mobile repair person said it was irreparable and should be trashed.
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07-17-2021, 11:16 AM
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Valued Technical Contributor
City: Litchfield, Ct
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 6,692
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Whatever it is, it does look unrepairable.
David
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07-18-2021, 09:50 AM
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#3
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Guru
City: Palm Coast
Vessel Name: Southerly
Vessel Model: 1986 Marine Trader 36' Sundeck
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 1,231
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It is absolutely repairable. I make canvas and can’t even count the times I’ve made repairs like this for MANY boats. He probably wanted to sell you a new one.
You will need a heavy duty sewing machine like the sailrite LSZ, it will do the job nicely. Just needs double canvas reinforcement.
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07-18-2021, 09:59 AM
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#4
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Senior Member
City: Coral Gables
Vessel Name: Tonic
Vessel Model: 2007 Mainship Pilot Sedan 34
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 149
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It looks like an inflatable tube, sewing won't help.
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07-18-2021, 10:00 AM
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#5
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Guru
City: Palm Coast
Vessel Name: Southerly
Vessel Model: 1986 Marine Trader 36' Sundeck
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 1,231
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tonic1
It looks like an inflatable tube, sewing won't help.
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Looks like canvas to me. It would help if the op said what it is.
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07-18-2021, 10:32 AM
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#6
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Veteran Member
City: Seal Beach, CA
Vessel Name: Epiphany
Vessel Model: 2001 Maxum 4100 SCA
Join Date: Oct 2020
Posts: 33
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Edit: 5"rip
This is a Zodiac PVC dinghy and the rip is on the port side tube above waterline at the end
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07-18-2021, 10:37 AM
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#7
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Guru
City: Palm Coast
Vessel Name: Southerly
Vessel Model: 1986 Marine Trader 36' Sundeck
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 1,231
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Oh jeez. Time for a new zodiac
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07-18-2021, 10:41 AM
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#8
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Guru
City: Seattle
Vessel Name: AZZURRA
Vessel Model: Ocean Alexander 54
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 4,114
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It is repairable. However, the PVC is so UV damaged that the material at the edge of the repair will fail in short order. No professional will repair it as they can’t guarantee their work. The tension the patch will put on the existing material will just create the next rip.
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07-18-2021, 11:03 AM
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#9
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Guru
City: Jacksonville Beach, FL
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 1,194
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You've gotten your money's worth out of that Zodiac. Give it a decent burial.
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"Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. Yet it must be confessed that wit give an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely." ~ William Penn
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07-26-2021, 10:54 AM
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#10
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Senior Member
City: Jacksonville/Bahamas
Vessel Name: Rogue
Vessel Model: Gulfstar 49 MY
Join Date: Jan 2021
Posts: 378
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Been there done that...or didn't do that. Don't waste, time, money or energy.
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07-26-2021, 11:18 AM
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#11
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Guru
City: Tampa, FL
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 665
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Agree with tiltrider1. You can repair it, but the repair probably won't last long enough to make it worthwhile.
I would start looking for a new dinghy.
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