their are several ways to repair it. One is to sand the seams around the area that is leeking and use strips of fiberglass to seal it. With out seeing repair I really do not know wich method will be best for your repair. I have removed the rivots and welded the damaged areas with new aluminum. their is a very sticky seam tape used in heating and airconditing ducts that permanently seals them. You can find this tape that is alluminum backed at Home Depot. Hope you have a great evening
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: catalina27-talk: Aluminum boat repairFrom: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:21:06 -0700Listees, Since this is a place with a lot of experience, I figure someone here has done this before. A Girl Scout camp I volunteer at has 3 Sears aluminum construction rowboats (Gamefishers) which have been run upon rocks and beaches too many times and are starting to leak. They are of riveted construction with caulking between the sheets of metal, and mostly seem to be leaking in the bow areas. Inspection doesn't show pinholes or metal cracking, but some rivets and seams look suspicious. I could try to reset the rivets, but I suspect that the caulk is as much at fault as the loose metal, since these are at least ten years old. Any ideas about good repair methods? Jim McEwen, Dana Pt., CA. _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us
