I own a Kodiak from Folbot. As far as I can determine the company does not make a seasock for their boats. Is there a place where I might obtain a seasock? Or, is it something that is easy to make (please include dimensions and material type if you can)? Thanks! Paul Woods Virginia Beach, VA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Paul Woods wrote: > > I own a Kodiak from Folbot. As far as I can determine the company does not > make a seasock for their boats. Is there a place where I might obtain a > seasock? Or, is it something that is easy to make (please include > dimensions and material type if you can)? > > Thanks! > > Paul Woods > Virginia Beach, VA I am not sure you could get the full beneficial effect of a sea sock on the Folbot Kodiak. Folbot does not have a discreet cockpit rim but rather a coaming that is spanned with a spray deck using some velcro and snaps or grommets over the turn knobs for the rib and seat back. You then sit in a hole in that spraydeck using a special sprayskirt. The whole is not as an effective seal as a sprayskirt over a cockpit coaming to begin with. So hardly much of a point of putting in a sea sock. If the sea sock fills with water it is likely to collapse the spray deck at the hole and come loose inside your boat. And even if the sea sock holds, water will enter all around the full cockpit rim (Folbot calls this the washboards). I have heard of a sea sock attached to the Klepper single which also has a spraydeck and sprayskirt combination. But the spraydeck (the tuckunder kind) is an effective seal all the way around with just a slight gap here and there. best, ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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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