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Title: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Novice on January 09, 2012, 03:26:05 PM
As StevenM says it  , I thought I'd show what a couple of years worth of dragging a yak down river banks and beds does to a plastic hull.

Plenty of curls , but now a worrying depression on the stern that lets a fair bit of water in ( feel free to post thoughts on a fix btw ) .

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/Tarpon100.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/Tarpon100a.jpg)

The new depression which leaks water.
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/Tarpon100e.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/Tarpon100d.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/Tarpon100c.jpg)

(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/Tarpon100b.jpg)

Cheers,
Dave.
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: WayneD on January 09, 2012, 05:08:52 PM
Surely it's still under warranty Dave  ;D

Have you still got some bits that you cut out for installing rod holders, anchor etc. You could try your hand at plastic welding. Either that or get a skid plate for a boat trailer and silicon it over the top.
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: StevenM on January 09, 2012, 06:13:37 PM
I have seen some stick on type stuff

Where was that. It was a black thingy.

Hmmm....let me have a look around.
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: StevenM on January 09, 2012, 06:38:19 PM
This is not it but all I could find at the moment.

The stuff I have seen is Black

http://store.oldtowncanoe.com/products/314095/Skid_Plates (http://store.oldtowncanoe.com/products/314095/Skid_Plates)
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Brad H on January 09, 2012, 08:11:48 PM
Back in the day when I ran a Coleman Crawdad, this sort of damage was normal :tick. As has been mentioned I used to use offcuts from alterations to melt back into deep gouges, those curls can be heated and melted back into whence they came. just use a small brass or Ss brush to get the grit out of the gouge, and using a hot air gun or a blowtorch and metal spatula (old bread & butter knife is good) to melt it back into situ. DONT apply the blow torch to plastic curl or yak...heat the spatula  :youbeauty

Brad
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Novice on January 09, 2012, 08:20:47 PM
Surely it's still under warranty Dave  ;D

Have you still got some bits that you cut out for installing rod holders, anchor etc. You could try your hand at plastic welding. Either that or get a skid plate for a boat trailer and silicon it over the top.

Pulling a warranty claim on that Wayne would be close to fraud :) Its been a great yak for me and done a lot of work . Craig down the coast reckons going to a good plastic welder for a fix .

I still want to drag the yak  , so that kind of rules out glueing anything in place.

You got any curls on your Coosa yet? Or have you only used it the once?

Cheers,
Dave.
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Nativeman on January 09, 2012, 08:57:58 PM
As you don't wash it and you don't worry about the appearance of it, just get some plastic'...I'd use some plastic from a wheelie bin', heat it up with a large soldering iron and melt a heap in there..be 'fixed in no time, preferably use someone else's wheelie bin, there is heaps roadside.
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: bushwacker on January 09, 2012, 10:09:47 PM
Car bog ?  :youbeauty
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Binder on January 10, 2012, 04:11:36 AM
As you don't wash it and you don't worry about the appearance of it, just get some plastic'...I'd use some plastic from a wheelie bin', heat it up with a large soldering iron and melt a heap in there..be 'fixed in no time, preferably use someone else's wheelie bin, there is heaps roadside.

Yep - Easy Peasy, just use a soldering iron to melt / weld a plate or two over the area, go back to dragging the old girl around. If its a temp setting one, go for 350 degrees. I've done quite a few "home repairs" on my fleet, including rebuilding two reclaimed wrecks that were tossed out with large fractures in the hull (one of which I still use).

A lump of wheelie bin or any other source of polypropylene will do if you dont have any yak donor material from previously hole cuttings. I generally just add another hatch or two when I get short of material, it goes an awful long way. 
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Sweetwater on January 10, 2012, 10:32:10 AM
I think I've got some off cuts in the shed at sweetwater Dave. Can maybe borrow basser's heat gun & weld a patch on it for you if you like.  :thumbsup

To do it on the run you can light up a bread packet & drip the melted stuff into the hole, gets you going again for a better repair later.
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Novice on January 10, 2012, 02:07:49 PM
Thankyou to everyone for your replies  , they have been very helpful.

Fitzy , I was going to use this as an excuse to ask if I could borrow your Old Town.  ;)

Cheers,
Dave.
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Junglefisher on January 17, 2012, 05:19:15 PM
Over 10 years on, this yak was originally purchased to do the Avon Descent in 2001 which it did with only one portage.
Since then, it's seen a lot of rocks and no leaks yet.

(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/stimsoni/Yakbottom1.jpg)

(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/stimsoni/Yakbottom.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Novice on January 18, 2012, 10:42:02 PM
Nice work Junglefisher !!

I have Fitzy to thank for the fast repair job on my Tarpon , unfortunately the donor plastic was ocean kayak orange. It does the job though and seems to be tough. Tools used in the fix were , a heat gun , a flat screw driver and a can of WD40 used as a roller. :)
The repair
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/fixed.jpg)
After a days dragging on the Dumaresq River
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/fixtested.jpg)
And some blue left beside the Dumaresq river from the last time we visited
(http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff380/Novice-Dave/P1000178.jpg)

Cheers,
Dave.



Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: StevenM on January 19, 2012, 05:56:07 AM
Yeah

Wayne had a laugh about some of the blue we came across a couple of weeks ago from the November visit.

Follow the blue line mate, you'll find us.
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Bracey on January 19, 2012, 06:02:27 AM
Well done Fitzy, kayak looks new Dave besides the discolouration.

My kayak met some bitumen recently at speed which in turn, finding myself with the kayak in the kitchen (popular fella that day) heating two butter knifes alternately till glowing red over the gas stove and moulded shavings and the scratches out. Wish I'd had taken before and after shots. I also fixed old war wounds, so now the kayak looks better than ever. The soldering iron that I own wasn't hot enough to do the job. As Andrew stipulated refering to soldering irons, they need to be hot.

Great thread and reply posts fella's.

Cheers Dave
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Binder on January 19, 2012, 06:04:35 AM
Fashionista!

Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: WayneD on January 30, 2012, 04:39:27 PM
While wheeling my kayak up to the car I came across some curls that I reckon was left by Dave and Catfish Al. Seeing as how they were Tarpon blue and red colours.

And also a shot of some of the Noa left on the Dumaresq rocks. That stuff sure is sharp!!!
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: WayneD on June 02, 2013, 01:31:27 PM
Here's a pic of my WS Aspire100 after 6 months of abuse.
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Binder on June 03, 2013, 07:32:10 PM
I tell you newer yaks are definitely made of softer plastic, my prowler has more damage visible after 12 months of being careful than my old tempo had after 5 years of abuse!
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Muzfox on June 03, 2013, 08:39:38 PM
Ouch photos like that make me cringe....and kinda think I won't be fishing that cod country in my outback lol just to scared to put curls on such an expensive beast. Maybe I need a heavy duty cart...heh
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: StevenM on June 04, 2013, 05:58:46 AM
Ouch photos like that make me cringe....and kinda think I won't be fishing that cod country in my outback lol just to scared to put curls on such an expensive beast. Maybe I need a heavy duty cart...heh

good plan

stay away from the area and just fish for poo eaters.
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Novice on June 04, 2013, 06:35:27 AM
When I used to have Outbacks , I only ever used them there once.....never again.

Mirage drives and snags/shallow water do not mix.
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Novice on June 04, 2013, 02:39:34 PM
My Pungo120 after 12 months of use/abuse. And when she was new.
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Sweetwater on June 04, 2013, 05:19:26 PM
Ouch photos like that make me cringe....and kinda think I won't be fishing that cod country in my outback lol just to scared to put curls on such an expensive beast. Maybe I need a heavy duty cart...heh

A cart wont help in a lot of that a lot of granite belt / border rivers country. You got to be able to drag up & over boulders the size of busses and big log jams.

Keep the outback for city water and get a cheaper work horse for the hard country.
Title: Re: Show us ya curls !!
Post by: Muzfox on June 04, 2013, 05:22:48 PM
I was thinking of my 3" lifted GU Patrol when I said "cart" hehe. Yer my outback wasn't bought for that kind of fishing. Mr taxman might help out with a cheapie or ill just stick to the dams which is my primary area :) Nice to see some great country u guys get to tho.