PROtect Tapes hits the water in Australia

Just before Christmas 2010 we recieved our first order of PROtect Tapes.  This is something we had been interested in for a little while and we were excited to see it happen for us.   Many boats that travel around the world competing already use the product including friends of ours.  

Within days of our first shipment arriving in the country we added to the list of boats using PROtect Tape in Australia.   The list of boats competing in the Sydney to Hobart included Wild Oats, Loki, Ran and Loyal.   As our first shipment was just a small one to get a feel for what would work and how it was packaged as well as show Phil who had not seen it yet!  We soon had to order a second shipment which has now arrived to replace what had already gone out the door.  The third shipment will be ordered shortly as more people find out just what PROtect Tape does and it has only been a couple of weeks since we went ahead with the brand!

During the recent Pittwater to Coffs Harbour race Minerva was also one of the first boats to use PROtect Tapes onboard.   I got the chance to wander around the Moth Australian Titles yesterday and it was plain to see that we need to get more of this product into stock.   Having rushed a delivery up to Belmont for Sailing Bits I managed to take a couple of photos which you can see.   The Moths in particular have many uses for PROtect due to the stress and uniqueness of their boats.  From Protecting their hull from wear to stopping the Centreboard from moving in the case.  There are too many uses for PROtect Tape to list!

An example of what Protect Tapes has to offer:

PROtect Chafe is a pressure sensitive tape using extremely high molecular weight polyethylene film with an aggressive acrylic adhesive.

The result is a very tough material, with the highest impact strength of any thermoplastic presently made.

It has extremely low moisture absorption, has a very low coefficient of friction, is self-lubricating and is highly resistant to abrasion (15 times more resistant to abrasion than carbon steel).

Typical Applications:

• dragging lines over the deck
• mooring ropes
• mast and spreaders
• under the boom to protect it from spinnaker /gennaker sheet
• pads on teh deck for blocks and hardware
• daggerboards
• stanchions
• sails

http://www.deckhardware.com.au/store/protect_tapes/