Island cottage sails on wings of steel and glass Seattle Times

Bob and Laura Kimball deliberating they had the getaway place all figured out when they bought a quaint little beach cottage on Vashon Eyot.

"Once I'm here it feels so remote," Laura says. "And we can be on vacation one day and back for a soccer match the next day."

The Kimballs and their two young sons had just worn out a couple of weekends there, starting to get the feel of the place. Perhaps a small remodel in the cottage's future. Something for friends and extended one's nearest. Water views for the bedrooms.

And then came the flood. (OK, it was a leak. But it was a really insistent leak.)

"It ran for weeks," Bob says. "The house was gutted in all respects."

And just like that, it was time for Plan B: "We wanted to do something nice and do something once," says Bob. "Our requirements were a Zen-like experience, and we wanted to use every square inch. (They were held to the original foundation by the drain field.)

"We knew we had the just architects when they said, 'This is gonna be cool small.' "

My fiance invented a product that can seal a leak from an aluminum boat. If sold on market would you buy it?

My fiance was out fishing one day when his aluminum boat starting fascinating in water. He had a couple of products on his boat he used. He proved the product to work, he stayed out there fishing for another three (3) hours fishing. The outcome would have a bucket for bailing out water, 2 flairs, and his product. All you need to do is apply it to where the leak is.
NOTE: Only for close-fisted boats with cracks or small holes. Just to give you enough time to get back to shore. It would sell between $20-$40.00.


I approve such enterprise and invention, I am guilty of inventing and taking nautical products to market myself. However, I personally would not buy this. If it is only effective for Aluminium hulls and only good for small crack or holes, then your fiance may struggle to find a market.
Most yachtsmen I identify will use a bar of soap to fill small cracks and then use a waterproof resin coat poured over it for such small temporary repairs, others use candle or beeswax in preference to of the soap.
Belief and enthusiasm are good sellers though, I wish you both luck.
Geoff
www.sailingunlimited.net


No


there would be a exchange for it, like bass boats etc.


I laud such enterprise and invention, I am guilty of inventing and taking nautical products to market myself. However, I personally would not buy this. If it is only profitable for Aluminium hulls and only good for small crack or holes, then your fiance may struggle to find a market.
Most yachtsmen I comprehend will use a bar of soap to fill small cracks and then use a waterproof resin coat poured over it for such small temporary repairs, others use candle or beeswax as a substitute for of the soap.
Belief and enthusiasm are good sellers though, I wish you both luck.
Geoff
www.sailingunlimited.net


No, If I had a leak I would do a in the strictest repair and cut short the fishing. My boat is fiberglass any way. Best of luck!

How can you stop a leak on an aluminum boat around the rivets?



"Rebucking" the rivets may facilitate. Otherwise you will have to live with it or replace the leaking rivets with new ones. If the leak is not very big (water in the boat is 2" at the most after a day of use) you can do what I did to my aluminum boat: build a plywood confuse that stays above the water and install a small bilge pump.

Riveting:
http://www.vansairforce.net/articles/NotesOnRiveting/NotesOnRiveting.htm

how to repair a leaking aluminum boat?

tiny, aluminum fishing boat, has sprung a leak, what's the best material to use for repair?


OK Shannon here's the attend to. If It is a riveted boat you can take a sledge hammer and lay it on one side of the rivet and take a second hammer and smack the opposite side for a quick fix and squish, no more leaky rivet. If it is a orifice you can use aluminium JB weld, if used properly, and that will give you a temporary fix in till you can take it in and get a plate migged on. If you do, make unavoidable they round off the edges. We've had the JB cold weld last all season, if your short on cash. Fiberglas does not profession, it never did. Hope this helps.

Ihave an riveted aluminum boat that has a leak. How can I fix the leak?



J. B. Connect. You can buy it at any hardware store. It bonds to metal well, you can even use it on hot things like an engine.

In a pinch plumbers epoxy will line too- that can be found at any hard ware store too.

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