Hey guys, Thanks for all the feedback about mastboots. I ended up going with a tape type material. The options I found were a 4"x100" white material and a 5"x72" black material. Rig-rite had both. When comparing the two products I found the white one was 0.5mm thick and I could expect to get at least 4 wraps for a total of 2.0mm. Because of it's 4" width there was a likelihood that I would have to taper the wrap up resulting in areas that only had 2 or 3 layers thick instead of 4.
The black product was long enough to get a minimum of 2 wraps and more likely 3 with no need to taper the overlaps since it is 5" wide. So, despite the product being shorter, there was a good likely that a total thickness of 4.0mm would be achieved. That's twice the thickness! This seemed like a no brainer. I purchased the black product from rig-rite for ~$50 total. I installed it last night. Very pleased with the results. It ISN'T silicone tape. It's a rubber product and is very adhesive to itself. If it touches itself you're pretty much done. The rubber will stretch to about 1.5 times its original length. They also recommend that you protect it with a fabric cover which I already had. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD
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