RE: [Paddlewise] Cockpit Covers

Cool is the operative word. I have a guy who loads 30 kayaks on a trailer and they all have to be arranged perfectly by length color, etc. and of course with cockpit covers. He would quit if I made him carry them upside down. No sense squashing a sense of pride whether its one or 30 boats.

Steve Freund
President
QCC Kayaks
P.O. Box 234
Janesville, WI 53547
(888) 794-3887
http://www.qualitycomposites.com


-----Original Message-----
From:	David Seng [SMTP:David_at_wainet.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, December 01, 1998 2:45 PM
To:	paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
Subject:	RE: [Paddlewise] Cockpit Covers

Maybe somebody can tell me why I shouldn't be doing this, but I simply
avoid the whole issue by carrying my kayaks mounted upside down - the
wet side towards the water.  They don't look as cool as if they were in
the cradles right side up, but I'm not really all that "cool" of a guy -
lean a bit more towards the "practical" end of the personality
spectrum<g>.  Seriously though - am I possibly causing damage?  I
adjusted the cradles so that they provide the maximum amount of surface
mating (leave it alone<g>) area.  My kayak practically lives on top of
my Cherokee (with bow & stern lines tied down) and in a rainforest area
like this we tend to get just a bit of rain....

Dave Seng
Juneau, Alaska

> > Caution note: in very heavy or sustained rains, you can 
> pick up enough
> > rainwater in a cockpit to collapse your rack
> 
> I've heard that fallacy too. Over enough days maybe but 
> taking 6" of rain over night on a single, that's about 2" of 
> water in the cockpit. Remember the opening is a lot smaller 
> than the floor area of a standard (not folding) kayak. 
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