Gruezi,

The best system I have heard for glue repairs is "kitefix" you can get kits online and I know there are in Europe so should be able to send out to you. If not I have heard quite a lot of people using "aquaseal" to fix canopy repairs.

Check out kitefix first though

www.kitesailing.ch/

Swiss Kitesailing School
Sportzentrum Mulets
CH-7513
Silvaplana
Switzerland
Tel. +41 81 828 97 67
e-mail: [email protected]



apparently they are a kitefix dealer.

guess u could get them to mail u some stuff if they have stock. Prolly same speed from anywhere in europe though.

The stuff u want is the gluefix and some dacron tape.

u can use aquaseal (camping store) if u cant get kitefix. infact i would just get aquaseal its slower setting (12hrs) so will more then likely be stronger. Get dacron tape and tape it up from the inside. Then lay a line of aquaseal down along the cut. Place another layer of dacron down on the outside of the kite and push it down friggen hard to squish the aquaseal. Then lay a layer of aquaseal onto the dacron tape and spread it out so it overlaps onto the kite material. Saturating the tape kind of and stopping the edges of the tape from lifting up, spread it out with a business card, credit card watever. Wait 12hrs!!!

go kiting (at 3psi).

ohh yeah and clean that sucker with some kfc wipes. Kfc will give u the energy u need for this task!

Thanks for the help fellas. I already called the people in Silvaplana and they nolonger carry kitefix.

Carbs, you are the greatest. I will go to the local shop and look for dacron tape and some aquaseal or similar.

Nick,
Good luck with the repair. If you get cold feet or it does not work, contact Axelair in Montpellier (France). Laurent Ness speak good English and he will be able to suggest your nearest repairer. I am sure you could post it overnight and have it back a few days later. It does not sound like you'll be missing much kiting.

You are heading to "Africa"... if that includes Cape Town, South Africa, Look up Neil @ Second Wind Sails... He can make your temporary fix a full fix, especially if you are going to go out in the strong winds/bigger swells there.

the best damn man for the job in all of Africa (and he has kite repair address labels to prove it) and very reasonable prices... Ask anyone in Cape Town, they can tell you.