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Flotation pad for sail pocket

John Cavell All Messages By This Member #47 开云体育 Hi ? I have one of the inflatable flotation pads that fit in a pocket at the top of the main sail to help prevent a capsize turning into a complete inversion. It was supplied by Anglo Marine over 20 years ago – it’s rather like a small li-lo. ? Anyway, probably due to its age it has become somewhat prone to leaks and as much as I try to seal them with “Stormsure” it doesn’t stay fully inflated for very long. ? Does anyone have any suggestions of either how to stop it leaking or what to replace it with? ? To stop the leaks I feel it needs a liquid sealant introduced inside through the air nozzle – it would need to “set” inside the closed pad into a flexible, leak-tight coating. Any ideas what might work? ? Alternatively, I may need to replace it with some sort of closed cell foam sheet. It would need to be buoyant (obviously) and not absorb water, rigid enough to be self-supporting, flexible enough to curve and flex with the sail and durable enough to last another 20 years. Any thoughts? ? Or any other bright ideas what I could use? ? Thanks in advance ? John W1428 Latitude ? ?
Martin All Messages By This Member #48 开云体育 Hi John, Alternatively, I may need to replace it with some sort of closed cell foam sheet. It would need to be buoyant (obviously) and not absorb water, rigid enough to be self-supporting, flexible enough to curve and flex with the sail and durable enough to last another 20 years. Any thoughts? I've always found sleeping mats (Karrimat etc) get adapted to this kind of use. Downside is the colour might show through the sail. But otherwise tough, waterproof, cheap and readily available. Cheers Martin
Douglas Duthie All Messages By This Member #49 开云体育 Bin it and purchase a new. toggle quoted message Show quoted text On 30 May 2021, at 19:17, John Cavell <john@...> wrote: Hi ? I have one of the inflatable flotation pads that fit in a pocket at the top of the main sail to help prevent a capsize turning into a complete inversion. It was supplied by Anglo Marine over 20 years ago – it’s rather like a small li-lo. ? Anyway, probably due to its age it has become somewhat prone to leaks and as much as I try to seal them with “Stormsure” it doesn’t stay fully inflated for very long. ? Does anyone have any suggestions of either how to stop it leaking or what to replace it with? ? To stop the leaks I feel it needs a liquid sealant introduced inside through the air nozzle – it would need to “set” inside the closed pad into a flexible, leak-tight coating. Any ideas what might work? ? Alternatively, I may need to replace it with some sort of closed cell foam sheet. It would need to be buoyant (obviously) and not absorb water, rigid enough to be self-supporting, flexible enough to curve and flex with the sail and durable enough to last another 20 years. Any thoughts? ? Or any other bright ideas what I could use? ? Thanks in advance ? John W1428 Latitude ? ?
simon atkinson All Messages By This Member #50 Hi, I use a beer box bag. Had to drink the beer first!, then washed it out. Works perfectly toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Sun, 30 May 2021, 7:17 pm John Cavell, <john@...> wrote: Hi ? I have one of the inflatable flotation pads that fit in a pocket at the top of the main sail to help prevent a capsize turning into a complete inversion. It was supplied by Anglo Marine over 20 years ago – it’s rather like a small li-lo. ? Anyway, probably due to its age it has become somewhat prone to leaks and as much as I try to seal them with “Stormsure” it doesn’t stay fully inflated for very long. ? Does anyone have any suggestions of either how to stop it leaking or what to replace it with? ? To stop the leaks I feel it needs a liquid sealant introduced inside through the air nozzle – it would need to “set” inside the closed pad into a flexible, leak-tight coating. Any ideas what might work? ? Alternatively, I may need to replace it with some sort of closed cell foam sheet. It would need to be buoyant (obviously) and not absorb water, rigid enough to be self-supporting, flexible enough to curve and flex with the sail and durable enough to last another 20 years. Any thoughts? ? Or any other bright ideas what I could use? ? Thanks in advance ? John W1428 Latitude ? ?
John Renouf All Messages By This Member #51 开云体育 Aero Luff Spar do a flotation bag for a Wanderer. Much better made than the Anglo version but doesn’t have the same flat shape.? John R toggle quoted message Show quoted text On 31 May 2021, at 10:43, simon atkinson <syatkinson@...> wrote: ? Hi, I use a beer box bag. Had to drink the beer first!, then washed it out. Works perfectly On Sun, 30 May 2021, 7:17 pm John Cavell, <john@...> wrote: Hi ? I have one of the inflatable flotation pads that fit in a pocket at the top of the main sail to help prevent a capsize turning into a complete inversion. It was supplied by Anglo Marine over 20 years ago – it’s rather like a small li-lo. ? Anyway, probably due to its age it has become somewhat prone to leaks and as much as I try to seal them with “Stormsure” it doesn’t stay fully inflated for very long. ? Does anyone have any suggestions of either how to stop it leaking or what to replace it with? ? To stop the leaks I feel it needs a liquid sealant introduced inside through the air nozzle – it would need to “set” inside the closed pad into a flexible, leak-tight coating. Any ideas what might work? ? Alternatively, I may need to replace it with some sort of closed cell foam sheet. It would need to be buoyant (obviously) and not absorb water, rigid enough to be self-supporting, flexible enough to curve and flex with the sail and durable enough to last another 20 years. Any thoughts? ? Or any other bright ideas what I could use? ? Thanks in advance ? John W1428 Latitude ? ?
Martin All Messages By This Member #52 I use a beer box bag. Had to drink the beer first!, then washed it out. Works perfectly Best suggestion so far!
Derrick Nash All Messages By This Member #53 Hi John I recently bought a new set of sails from Edge Sails and the main has a (non inflatable) floatation device in a pocket at the head. If you give Jon Clarke either a call or email, edgesails@..., he might be able to sell you a piece of the material which you can cut (or get cut) to size. For cruising purposes, I found no adverse effects sail performance wise with this item in place. There is no beer drinking involved with this suggestion, but otherwise I thought it might help. Regards Derrick toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Mon, 31 May 2021 at 13:23, Martin via <martin_w_brown=[email protected]> wrote: > I use a beer box bag. Had to drink the beer first!, then washed it > out. Works perfectly Best suggestion so far!
John Cavell All Messages By This Member #54 开云体育 Thanks to everyone who replied with the various suggestions. ? toggle quoted message Show quoted text From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John Cavell Sent: 30 May 2021 19:17 To: [email protected] Subject: [wanderer] Flotation pad for sail pocket ? Hi ? I have one of the inflatable flotation pads that fit in a pocket at the top of the main sail to help prevent a capsize turning into a complete inversion. It was supplied by Anglo Marine over 20 years ago – it’s rather like a small li-lo. ? Anyway, probably due to its age it has become somewhat prone to leaks and as much as I try to seal them with “Stormsure” it doesn’t stay fully inflated for very long. ? Does anyone have any suggestions of either how to stop it leaking or what to replace it with? ? To stop the leaks I feel it needs a liquid sealant introduced inside through the air nozzle – it would need to “set” inside the closed pad into a flexible, leak-tight coating. Any ideas what might work? ? Alternatively, I may need to replace it with some sort of closed cell foam sheet. It would need to be buoyant (obviously) and not absorb water, rigid enough to be self-supporting, flexible enough to curve and flex with the sail and durable enough to last another 20 years. Any thoughts? ? Or any other bright ideas what I could use? ? Thanks in advance ? John W1428 Latitude ? ?

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