Bob Denton wrote: > > One of my good friends who is a paddle instructor (as well as other > instructors at the same shop paddle Sirius'. They did discover a problem > where the combing worked loose because of the constant stresses from the > hung seat. The new Sirius seas are an improvement over the older ones, > so they tell me. The "loose coaming" problem is not unique to the Sirius. I've had two Eddyline Wind Dancers which separated at the deck/coaming joint, mandating a messy, tedious reattachment, which I accomplished with epoxy resin/glass. I believe the cause of the detachment is that Eddyline uses a RIGID resin/filler "putty" to mate the coaming to the deck, and as the hull flexes in use, the joint fails. Winters (I think) had a suggested gap-filling adhesive which would remain pliable in bulk. Email John for a fix, if you are serious about the Sirius. (Yeah, I planned that ending <g>.) -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 20 1998 - 12:36:48 PDT
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