Underwater Tape

[Lee Shuckerow]

I was looking at pictures of the HPDO in Rye, NY and was looking at Charrles' Boat with a giant hole in the side and said to myself "self that's a problem".

Has anyone used any underwater tape that works? I have found EternaBond tape, has anyone ever used it? www.eternabond.com

Picture of his boat is in the article at http://www.viper640.org/component/content/article/14-news/235-2009-high-performance-dinghy-open

[Roy Moss]

Another one is Synthoglass, http://www.synthoglass.no/documents/25.html
Kept aboard my sloop for emergency underwater repair but not yet tested; has anyone? 
 

[Lee Shuckerow]

Anyone else? Let us all have some underwater repair tape inboard our boats so we don't let a minor hole in the side of our boats finish a day of racing for us. Our boats are relatively thin and i've seen some through hull punctures that occurred pretty easily in collisions.

[Matt Sole]

So did you get to try out the eternabond at Charlotte harbour??? lol

[Dan Tucker]

I got Viper kabobed @ Marblehead NOOD last year. Perfect circular puncture wound on my port side, just below the gunwale from the offenders pole. Sail flat - no problem!  ;-P

[Lee Shuckerow]

So did you get to try out the eternabond at Charlotte harbour??? lol

we tried the eternabond on the mast but it wasnt how we were planning on using it for that purpose. To answer your question we didnt try using it yet.