buoy damage

[westcoastathletics]

well Im just going though all of my praw and crab gear and rewriting my names on things ect ect ... but Ive now got 3 of my buoys all deflated so i went to go fill them all with air and it seems that I may have someone puncture 3 of my crab 12" floats. all the same size hole. looks like a gaff puncture. is there a way to repair them? 2025 has been the worst year yet for for damage to my gear and gear loss.

 

[Rain City]

well Im just going though all of my praw and crab gear and rewriting my names on things ect ect ... but Ive now got 3 of my buoys all deflated so i went to go fill them all with air and it seems that I may have someone puncture 3 of my crab 12" floats. all the same size hole. looks like a gaff puncture. is there a way to repair them? 2025 has been the worst year yet for for damage to my gear and gear loss.

Fill them with expanding foam

 

[ship happens]

I'd like to see that actually happen with success.

I've tried everything, including plastic welding type stuff. I haven't seen anything work for longer than a couple sets.

 

[Rain City]

I'd like to see that actually happen with success.

I've tried everything, including plastic welding type stuff. I haven't seen anything work for longer than a couple sets.

Sounds like lunch time at the shop is going to be productive tomorrow!

 

[ship happens]

Sounds like lunch time at the shop is going to be productive tomorrow!

Did someone say prawn?

Freezers have to be getting low

 

[seachicken]

well Im just going though all of my praw and crab gear and rewriting my names on things ect ect ... but Ive now got 3 of my buoys all deflated so i went to go fill them all with air and it seems that I may have someone puncture 3 of my crab 12" floats. all the same size hole. looks like a gaff puncture. is there a way to repair them? 2025 has been the worst year yet for for damage to my gear and gear loss.

Per regulations crab trap floats should be bullet floats and are typically foam and not suceptable to gaff punctures.

 

[trophywife]

Per regulations crab trap floats should be bullet floats and are typically foam and not suceptable to gaff punctures.

does the reg say "should" or "shall" ? big difference.

 

[trophywife]

I'd like to see that actually happen with success.

I've tried everything, including plastic welding type stuff. I haven't seen anything work for longer than a couple sets.

have you tried = deflating, scuffing up, vulcanize glue and use another piece of a bouy of similar materials.. put in a bench vice between a couple wooden blocks for cure time. then cover in shoe goo for scuff protection. bit of a process but saves bucks on expensive buoys.

 

[Flashman]

does the reg say "should" or "shall" ? big difference.

 

[trophywife]

clear as day,, says, must!!

 

[ship happens]

have you tried = deflating, scuffing up, vulcanize glue and use another piece of a bouy of similar materials.. put in a bench vice between a couple wooden blocks for cure time. then cover in shoe goo for scuff protection. bit of a process but saves bucks on expensive buoys.

I'll try that next time. Yeah sucks tossing out several hundred dollars here and there on scotchmans

Someone probly could pull off the spray foam idea. If you could get some of the liquid indistrial 2 part stuff in there. Perhaps

 

[ziggy]

When I was a kid I worked in a garage. We used to have a tool that you used to put a plug into a tubeless tire. You enlarged the hole, then pushed the plug in and pulled back so it made contact with the inside of the tire. Might work?

 

[fish brain]

When I was a kid I worked in a garage. We used to have a tool that you used to put a plug into a tubeless tire. You enlarged the hole, then pushed the plug in and pulled back so it made contact with the inside of the tire. Might work?

I doubt it would work. You need surface area for that to work and tires are much thicker than a buoy.
Someone could prove me wrong though.