T&T: RIB leak

[Elliott Bray]

Last year I pumped about 1/2 gallon of 'Slime' (nasty-looking green stuff
found in the automotive section at Wal-Mart used for repairing bike tires.
Also found in REI in various sizes-again for bicycle tire repair) into a
leaking tube, rolled the RIB around and propped it in a position where I
thought the 'Slime' would settle over the suspected spots. Has held.

Last week, had to do the same to the bow tube. Motored over to the  boat
ramp. Pulled the boat out, applied the other 1/2 gal, oriented the boat bow
down, and went fot breakfast.  Holds air just fine so far.

HTH


BTW for reference for loopers coming around:
Diesel 3.119 last week at Crosswinds Marina on White Lake, MI (just above
Musgegon)

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Elliott Bray
M/V Letitia - Gulfstar 44 MC
Cruising Lake Michigan
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> Message: 16
> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 09:54:19 -0700 (PDT)
> From: thomas barnes <tomb215@yahoo.com>
> Subject: GL: RIB leak
>   Have a friend has a problem with his 1995 BoatUS 10 foot
> RIB. It leaks back
>   near the transom and he cant seem to get the leak stopped.
> No repair facilities
>   near him and its to expensive to ship it to one. What we
> were wondering is
>   would it be possible to just fill the chambers with foam.
> Something similar to
>   what is sold at Home Depot, I think its called Great
> Stuff. I dont know if this is
>   the proper thing to use but is there a product out there
> that can do the job?
>   Has anyone out there tried this with any success?