Re: [Paddlewise] Life of plastic boats

From: <JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 18:12:40 EST
In a message dated 12/5/98 5:23:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,
mitchelr_at_ucs.orst.edu writes:

<<  Everything was packed together in a multilayered
 semi-hard drop container, very tightly packed).  We figured the
 tin would not make it but counted on the plastic.  Wrong, wrong,
 wrong.  *Every* poly container shattered upon impact.   >>

Just out of interest, do you know how high your drop plane was flying and how
long he was up before the drop?  In other words, how cold was the contents of
the load?  Temps can effect plastic a lot.  

My unused Sea Lion is probably ten years old, but is in good shape.  I have
made a point of never dropping it out of an airplane, however --- at least at
altitude.

Jack
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