At 12:38 PM 1/22/99 -0600, "Tynan, James" <JTYNAN_at_cap.af.mil>wrote: >Sorry folks! I should have added that the amount of leakage is not >extreme under normal paddling conditions in terms of volume. Though >hard to quantify due to varying weather/water conditions, time on water, >number of times rolled, rocked, swept over, etc. but almost all of the >time it certainly is enough to completely soak up an XL cotton T-shirt >or two. > >Jim > Hello Jim, I paddle a Current Designs Solstice GT. The rear hatch is the same as yours but the front is different. I get a little water most times as well. It might not wet a whole shirt, but it'll make your sandwich soggy. I think the problem (at least with the hatches I have) is that the strapping doesn't exert enough pressure normal to the hatch covers. The strapping is nice and flat for a "clean deck" but acts perpendicular to the needed direction. it's a compromise. It's just a little annoying so I live with it and try to spend more time paddling than thinking about it. Bill Leonhardt *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jan 22 1999 - 14:40:27 PST
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