Anyone carry self-fusing tape?

[Bycrick]

It works and can be really useful. It also gets old and then doesn’t stick. Date the package and replace every few years.

[Martkimwat]

I bought some Tommy tape here in UK a few years back (marketed as Miracle Wrap over here) I did not use it straight away, as if I had, I would have taken it back. I used it for the first time about six months after I had bought it. It was completely useless. I could not get it to 'amalgamate' to itself and it just kept unwrapping, no matter how much I stretched it. I chucked it out and went back to the traditional rubber type amalgamating type which works for me every time. I use it on electrical cables that are exposed to the elements (masthead fittings for example and put some wraps around my metal deck plugs to keep them watertight (the internal rubber seals never seem to works as well as they should) It is easy to cut it off when the time comes to drop the mast or undo a connector. I carry a roll each of black and white on board.

[gpridgen]

The discussion of emergency patches made me recall a failed exhaust elbow on my Endeavor 40. I happened to to have a water activated fibreglass "bandage" aboard which let me continue without being towed and in fact lasted until I returned to home port. I have not seen that product in years, and it had a limited shelf life.
I recently purchased a drip pan sealant that was useable underwater (shoot it in and it seals the leaks) and it was beyond expectations. I noticed that the company (Dynesic.com) also makes a great emergency patch with a long shelf life.
If the space requirement is small and the shelf life is long I am a fan of being prepared.

[Mike Banks]

I carried Rotunda PIB Self-amalgamating tape. Stretch it to 50% and wrap it tightly--it becomes solid.

[Clivevon]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Of course. Very useful stuff. Why wouldn't you carry a roll or two?

agreed.

[Russian007]

Originally Posted by Stu Jackson

So true. How much space can a roll of rescue tape take up? If that's an issue for you, you have other problems.


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not the issue. the issue is cluttering a boat with things that are useless. I don't keep cuff links on my boat for that reason even though they don't take up much space.

[Rod Headlee]

another vote for rescue tape.

[Nani Kai]

Originally Posted by Russian007

Was wondering if I should get a roll for temp repair of leaking fuel line, coolant, sea cock issue. It's cheap but I don't want another "thing" that lacks utility (I already have Bengal Cat). Was all thinking of a roll of Gorilla Waterproof tape.

As a major benefit of this type of tape is to stop water leaks you bet your bippie
we have a couple of rolls on board. I've used it to make temporary repairs to water maker hoses, A/C pump hoses as well as a VERY temporary repair to down stream hoses from the head to holding tank. (Seems temporary repairs to the head get priority #1 to making the repair permanent!)

Which only leaves one question unanswered: just what is a bippie?

[Mike Banks]

I would not use it on any fuel pipe. Water it may be OK--but not fuel.

[ArmyDaveNY]

Originally Posted by Nani Kai

Which only leaves one question unanswered: just what is a bippie?

Per Merriam-Webster:
bip·​py | \ ˈbi-pē \

variants: or less commonly bippie \ ˈbi-​pē \

plural bippies

Definition of bippy



US slang
—used euphemistically for an unspecified part of the body; generally understood as equivalent to butt or ass


Per Dictionary.com

bippy

Pronunciation /ˈbɪpi/



nounplural noun bippies

informal

• A person's buttocks.
  

Origin

1960s popularized by the US television programme Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, where it was used as a nonsense word with an air of innuendo but intentionally vague meaning: of unknown origin.

[shimari]

I keep a roll of rescue tape and a roll of flex seal tape. I much prefer the rescue tape, but as others have pointed out rescue tape is only good if you can wrap it. Flex seal is sticky (too sticky really) for those times when the rescue tape won't work.

[Russian007]

Originally Posted by ArmyDaveNY

Per Merriam-Webster:
bip·​py | \ ˈbi-pē \

variants: or less commonly bippie \ ˈbi-​pē \

plural bippies

Definition of bippy



US slang
—used euphemistically for an unspecified part of the body; generally understood as equivalent to butt or ass


Per Dictionary.com

bippy

Pronunciation /ˈbɪpi/



nounplural noun bippies

informal

• A person's buttocks.
  

Origin

1960s popularized by the US television programme Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, where it was used as a nonsense word with an air of innuendo but intentionally vague meaning: of unknown origin.

I learn so much visiting this forum

[Bjorn_O]

I use it all the time. On the boat as well as at home. Have rolls of different withs.

[Amapola]

I carry Rescue Tape but haven't need it so far.

[mikecambrai]

Not only self-amalgamating tape, but 2 part 'leakfix' for holes in tanks or pipes, and putty which you heat up with your hands by moulding it into a ball then moulding round the part to be fixed (sets like metal), And what about JB Weld. In fact, given time I could probably produce a list of other emergency materials that I have but am not near the boat at the moment!