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Another item to carry is silicone tape. There are probably many brands but I've had good luck with Atomic Tape. They have a website and make the rounds of boat shows. You can use it for plumbing repairs, electrical repairs and even temporary repair of a leaking radiator hose or tailpipe. You do need to be able to wrap it all the way around the object as it binds to itself.
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This is wonderful stuff. As Camp2Canoe noted, there is no sticky layer on the tape - overlapping layers actually melt ("fuse") into each other, forming a single layer of rubber that is waterproof, strong, flexible and can't be removed except by cutting the entire wrap.
By the way, Ace Hardware carries this stuff for $2.29 for a 22-foot roll - considerably less than the Atomic Tape website. Ace calls it Rubber Slicing Tape, and they stock it right beside plain old vinyl electrical tape. Other stores may call it something else, but the important thing is to look for the words "self-fusing".
Bill