>anyway i consider that the plastic part just wore out, the time period >was more like a year and a half, and i have used the boat maybe 120 times >on outings ranging from 5 to 15 miles (hi end cruising)... so for me, its >not a defective part, just one that may not be designed for longevity. Good on ya'! As my Aussie boss would say. It would be interesting to know what the originator of the "defective part" suggestion thought was the normal amount of use for a one-year-old boat? What the "industry standard" would be considered to be? 10 days? That's about what I'd guess from the performance of the D*gg*r boats our university club bought a couple of years ago. LOTS of parts broke in less than a year. I was really appalled. (Kevin Whilden tested the Magellan and thinks That Company has improved, I believe.) Maybe they thought sea kayakers are wimps because few popular models are named after weapons, phallic symbols or nausea-inducing rotational phenomena. It seems crazy that just because a boat is rotomolded, the manufacturer would take the same attidude that Shimano seems to have toward the components for $259 "mountain bikes" (aka "alleged bikes"), that it's OK if it breaks because the purchaser isn't going to use it more than once anyway. Mike Wagenbach *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 25 1999 - 19:54:38 PST
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