Posts Tagged ‘gaffa tape’

they’ve told us unless we can prove that we’re doing it, we can’t have it all. (I want it all) – Kate Bush

Gear , Gear, Gear, Gear. Let me share, if you did’nt hear,
I’m getting some gear! I’m getting some gear!
No fun gear, bought that stuff last year,
Just boring necessity gear.
Every year there’s more boring, necessity gear.
I’m not too proud to buy the wrong gear.
I’ll make mistakes. I’ll take it back.
Will you take it back? “Sorry no dear, no refunds here!”
Damn, Damn, I hate buying gear!
I want to steer clear of gear though I never will.
I fear I’ll never stop buying gear.
Light gear, fancy gear, gear with buttons and gear with straps.
Mountaineer gear, Gondolier gear, Marine-engineer gear, and
whatever-you-do-you-do gear, all turns to kayaking gear
when I get it all here and stuffed in my boat.
My boat full of gear.
My floating gear boat.
My floating gear-tote-boat.
Any more gear and my floating gear tote boat may not float.
May not float at all!
May just sink like a rock, or sit on a rock not floating at all!
My non-floating, rock sitting, gear toting boat!
I gotta leave in a week and I need to seek out more gear.
Gaffa tape and towel gear for cracks and smacks.
Marine glues and water shoes and a liquor flask for the back hatch.
Ah. . . a liquor flask for the back hatch.
Now that’s all I ask.
That’s all I ask of my tote-boat’s back hatch.
A back hatch liquor flask with liquor to last!
A week or a year without thinking of gear.
Just a tote boat back hatch liquor flask and a buzz in my ear.
A buzz in my ear?
I just remembered. . .
Deet!
Oh no! Time to go!
I’ve got to go!
Got to buy more gear!

- Yes, I do feel better now. Thanks for asking!

One little bit of gear that we’ve been taking to task recently is Denzo tape which is available in Europe but not here in the states. So most of us carry Duct/Gaffa/Gaffer tape for boat repair. This is one of those subjects that gets way out of hand. Every couple of weeks someone seems to have a new tape. Recently this subject has been running through the Paddlewise group as well including the mention of 3M Helicopter tape that apparently costs $125 per roll!!

Then this morning I read a new blog post by Ginni Callahan and there is that darned tape again! During her assessment she pulls out the Duct tape and a towel, dried the spot off and the tape stays on until she removes it the next day. Interestingly while I was reading that JB sent me an email saying just use Duct tape and have a dry towel. Hey, you don’t have to hit me upside the head. I can be taught, really.

So until proven otherwise I’m going to stay Suspended in Gaffa!