Re: [Paddlewise] vcp hatches and leaks

From: Chuck Holst <CHUCK_at_multitech.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:02:47 -0600
>>
Similar problem in my VCP Pintail.  If you've got a skeg, check the box   as a
first try.  The pressurized hatch idea, mentioned in another response, is
definitely the best way to go, but, in the absence of those widgets, put   the
boat up on hatches, put some (not a lot!) of water in the after   compartment,
(maybe leave it in the sun, if you have it) and rotate the boat watching   for
leaks at various angles.  It's slower than the pressure method, but it   works.

Jack Martin
>>

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I found a couple of pinhole leaks in Linda's kayak this way, in both the
keel and the skeg box. If you have a white hull, it helps to put food dye   
in the water.

Chuck Holst


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