The Irish pub where hang out in Ft. Lauderdale is a center for the sailing and yahting crowd. I ran into a fellow who designs racing hulls and he stated that they use teflon in the gelcote. Then they sand it with either 200 or 400 grit to roughen it up. It was his opinion that an 18' kayak should gain 1/4 knot with a similar sanding. cya *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Nov 09 1998 - 14:47:58 PST
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