| Small hole in tramp #147438 07/01/08 12:26 AM 07/01/08 12:26 AM |
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Posts: 337 Arizona | I have a small hole in my tramp, about pencil size, and I dont want it to get any bigger. ant suggestions on a fix?
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#147439 07/01/08 08:26 AM 07/01/08 08:26 AM | Anonymous
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You want to inspect the tramp for other damage as you do NOT want to fall through it raising your mast. | | | Re: Small hole in tramp
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Posts: 321 Albuquerque NM | You want to inspect the tramp for other damage as you do NOT want to fall through it raising your mast. Andrew, You keep repeating this phrase. Let me guess, you speak from experiance. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> Sam
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#147441 07/01/08 10:24 AM 07/01/08 10:24 AM | Anonymous
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actually no, I have never fallen through a tramp... but I do know a guy who did fall through a tramp (that looked good) while stepping his mast. He didn’t hurt himself but someone else said, "Imagine breaking your ankle and legs on the trailer below". That ALWAYS haunted me. I have had several fractures in my ankles from motocross days, and also golf cart injuries (they don’t jump as well as you would think) and get the willies thinking about smashing my ankles on my trailer with a mast over my head.
I read a story of a guy who broke his leg sailing and eventually had to get it amputated from complications.
My current cat has a new tramp because a previous owner took his wife and kids out on it (after it sat in the yard/sun for years). When he tried to lower the centerboards... the family of wasps in the trunk didn’t like it and attacked him. As he floundered about... his family FELL through the UV damaged tramp.... i bet that was a sight to see. He sold the boat that very same day (THANK YOU)
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You want to inspect the tramp for other damage as you do NOT want to fall through it raising your mast. [/quote]
Go sailing.
It's the size of a pencil the skinny way, I have some sail thread and a needle, I have a small peice of tramp material that I can use to patch. By the time I get it off the boat, drive to a shop that can take care of it, wait for them to sew it, (probably not the same day),and then the same in reverse, I can have it taken care of myself and spend the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day sailing or setting up the spi.. What kind of adhesive would be best. I can go to the hardware store and start reading labels but but thought someone else may have gotten a small hole in their tramp at some point and found something that worked well. I also want to put a large grommet in the middle of the tramp for spi return, i'm sort of a do it yourself guy, I belive this can also be taken care of without removing the tramp. Does anyone have experience with this?
New thread and repeat.
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Posts: 321 Albuquerque NM | Are you sure you didn't fall through your tramp?? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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#147445 07/01/08 07:18 PM 07/01/08 07:18 PM |
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Posts: 805 Gainesville, FL 32607 USA | Marine Goop: Back it up with fabric. Flexible, Lasts a LONG time. Then put on more if necessary. Holes in Woven tramps really like Goop.
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Posts: 337 Arizona | I thought about goop but didnt know if it would work well. Thanks for the info. How about putting a grommet in the tramp? Goop around that too?
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#147448 07/06/08 08:03 PM 07/06/08 08:03 PM |
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#147449 07/06/08 08:04 PM 07/06/08 08:04 PM |
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Posts: 2,921 Michigan | I had a cigarette burn a hole in a tramp (imagine how pissed I was, especially since I don't smoke). Anyway, it was pencil-sized (in diameter). This was on a Hobie 16 mesh tramp.
I never fixed it, it never got bigger. Depending on how the hole got there, and whether it's in a stressed part of the tramp, you might not need to worry at all.
Mike the cautery of the burning cig is what made that hole not expand. | | | Re: Small hole in tramp
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Posts: 39 Richmond Virginia | How can a tramp have a small hole? Wait, are we talking aboput the same thing?
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Posts: 119 Bernhards Bay, N.Y. | My tramp had 3 big holes....The biggest one was between her ears..and made the most noise !! Glad shes gone!! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />
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Posts: 5,590 Naples, FL | It was only a matter of time before something like that showed up on the thread... <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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