Repairing FlyHigh sac.

[jward]

I have had 750s in my boat for a few years now. I started noticing at the end of last year that the bilge pump was running from time to time. As I have been giving my boat a face lift this off season, I took all of my ballast bags out for a good cleaning of them and the carpet. I discovered a small hole in the bottom of one of my 750s. It's just big enough to get the tip of my pinky in. Still scratching my head on how this happened. The hole is on the bottom of the bag which would be lying on the floor. Before buying a new one I thought I would try a few attempts at repairing.

Currently I am trying a tube patch. I had a vat of shoe goo in the shop and filled the hole hoping that would slow the water from getting in between the sac and the patch. So far I feel the patch is pretty solid. I can't even get my fingernail under a corner. We shall see when the season starts.

Anyone had any luck repairing a hole in a flyhigh sac?

[xrichard]

I had a Fly High tube sac where the bag material separated from the fill port. Fly High said it was unrepairable--but I used 3M 5200 to seal the bag to the port and it never leaked again. Though my repair wasn't a puncture, 5200 stuck easily to the bag material so I think it will do fine for your situation.

Another option is to buy a hypalon repair kit--just google or go to Amazon.

[zhadley]

My earliest fatsacs are mostly shoe goo at this point. I have repaired seams and punctures. I started by using patches and shoe goo but gave up the patches and just put a generous amount of shoe goo around the hole for later repairs. It worked great and held up for years. In your case obviously a patch would be a good idea but I would bet the shoe goo repair will hold up just fine. Hope it works for you!