Hi, I live in Perth and need to repair my kite, any suggestions?

Send it to Moti Levy he's the man!

Moti levy kite repair if he can't fix it throw it in the bin I've known him for over 10yrs he's a good mate and does a 1st class job
www.kiterepair.com.au

Go local.
sailrepairwa.com/2/
Jesper in O'Connor

Can't post the pic without the story, how did it happen?

Clean the area to be taped with metho. Tape it with 50mm spinnaker tape. Tape it both sides. Round the corners. It will be stronger than the original.

If you have access to a sewing machine you could oversew the tape at the trailing edge. It's not really necessary. Use polyester thread.

Nothing exiting. went alone in a very gusty day and when coming out landed it on top of a small tree... not the best spot...

Yeah Jesper at Sail repair wa just repaired my kites gnarly Leading edge that made friends with some rocks...

Did a great job - solid repair

I wouldn't bother with a DIY job on such a large repair and what seems to be a fairly new kite

Also no point sending over to the East Coast when you have people who can do it locally.

With Neil being out of operation it seems Jesper is your best option

I reckon a repair like this should set you back somewhere around $100 but totally worth it.

You just loose a lot of resale value with a tear like this, but you shouldn't notice any difference in performance if it's well fixed.

is this a naish quad tex pimp

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Gorgo said..
Clean the area to be taped with metho. Tape it with 50mm spinnaker tape. Tape it both sides. Round the corners. It will be stronger than the original.

If you have access to a sewing machine you could oversew the tape at the trailing edge. It's not really necessary. Use polyester thread.

Yeah right...

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Hunter S said..
Go local.
sailrepairwa.com/2/
Jesper in O'Connor

+1 for Jesper

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ColoColo said..

Gorgo said..
Clean the area to be taped with metho. Tape it with 50mm spinnaker tape. Tape it both sides. Round the corners. It will be stronger than the original.

If you have access to a sewing machine you could oversew the tape at the trailing edge. It's not really necessary. Use polyester thread.

Yeah right...

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. Most helpful.

"...It will be stronger than the original. ..." That's what the professionals tell me. Who am I to argue?

I have never had a taped repair fail in almost 25 years of doing them. I used to oversew the edges to stop any chance of peeling off and collecting sand. I don't do that any more. I did two full length splits to my kite, similar to the ones above. I taped them and they've been fine for at least 50 hours of use. For the trailing edge I wrap the tape over the edge and sew it to make it a little neater and, hopefully, stronger. The fabric you're sticking to is different to the sail cloth and it makes sense to nail the tape down a bit.

PS. I forgot to mention I like to heat set the tape. I put a blanket on a table and spread the kite on it. I use a metal water bottle filled with hot water as an iron and roll it over the tape. It works a treat and gets rid of any bubbles and wrinkles in the tape. I got that tip from a professional skipper from an around the world racing yacht. I can't claim credit for making it up.

Agree with gorgo.once upon a time I used insulation tape on massive tears.and did 500m off from pond to shoalwater on it loads..ask the people at the pond
Otherwise ..yes DAVE or JESPER (definitely for LE)