This is my first post to this list, so I guess I'll say hi and introduce myself really quickly. My name's John, I'm seventeen and I live in the southern part of New Zealand. My paddling interests mainly lie with whitewater (entry level), though i've some plans for some extended river trips. I paddle a Pirouette Sport which is mainly what this message is about. It's one of the first line of production boats, so it hasn't got the back deck scoop of the later models. This means pulling whoopies is pretty difficult, so I've got a grand plan to re-mould the back deck with boiling water and industrial strength blow-dryers. This is pretty drastic so another idea is to build myself a playboat out of fibreglass or preferably kevlar. I've seen this done with canadian-style canoes - the technique just needs to be adapted for ww boats. Any ideas/comments/criticisms on this would really appreciated, john from nz. 'To be is to do' - Socrates. 'To do is to be' - Jean-Paul Sartre. 'Do be do be do' - Frank Sinatra. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated 98-03-04 01:01:33 EST, ryan_at_esi.co.nz writes: << This means pulling whoopies is pretty difficult, so I've got a grand plan to re-mould the back deck with boiling water and industrial strength blow-dryers. >> I tried something like this a while back with my Perception Sabre and ended up melting a hole in it :-( I tried several other "gentler" methods first only to find that the darn plastic has a memory and would keep returning to it's original shape. I've since bought a tape on "How to Modify a Sabre" where the fellow compreses the boat with forms and webbing clamps, then carefully heats it with a heat gun. I plan to attempt this something in the near future. I'll let you know how it goes. Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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