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Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on August 28, 2011 at 11:25am

Kristina, how much water is it taking on? How fast does it take it on? Can you bring a passenger with a bailing bucket? Can you dry it out enough to do a duct tape patch? Can you stuff rags in the damaged area? Could you screw a patch over the area?

 

Do you have any pictures?

 

Good luck!

 

Rick Newman

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Permalink Reply by eric stevens on August 28, 2011 at 1:05pm

If it is a slow leak, just oar fast and bail it out when you get to the take out. If it is a huge leak and you can go to the hardware store you could get some spray foam and fill the crack up and let it cure for an hour or so, or get 5 minute epoxy and fill the crack with that to get you home. That spray foam is a good temporary fix because it will expand and fill up the void well. Then later you can cut it out with a knife and do a real repair with fiberglass.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Hatten on August 29, 2011 at 7:40am

Duct tape.  5 min Epoxy.  

GH

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Permalink Reply by David Jensen on August 29, 2011 at 8:19pm

 

 

By the way, how do you row a 14 " drift boat?  I you can probably limp in for 30 minutes.  If not, get to land, and dry it (fire, torch), and put in temporary fix as noted above to get in to the take out.  Then thoroughly dry it,  and do permanent patch.

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Permalink Reply by Kristina Graham on August 29, 2011 at 8:25pm

Here's the patch.

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Permalink Reply by Kristina Graham on August 29, 2011 at 8:30pm

Thanks for all the replies. I guess my fix was over-doing things. One thing I've learned is I'm not very good with wooden boats! And as for a 14 inch boat? Not easy to row, but not likely to scrape bottom, either.

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