Re: [Paddlewise] Confessions of a boat abuser

Doug-no problemo. Got any duct tape?

> Date:          Fri, 05 Mar 1999 00:46:53 -0800
> To:            PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> From:          inetex <dlloyd_at_inetex.com>
> Subject:       [Paddlewise] Confessions of a boat abuser

> My poor Nordkapp, I've beat on it for 20 years now, and its mad as hell and
> isn't going to take it anymore. We've been having an awesome storm season
> here on Southern Vancouver Island, best in living memory really, though
> Oregon has gotten a bit more of the brunt (home of the whining
> Paddlerwiser, Dave Kruger!) :-)
> 
> Was out on Wednesday in 40 knot winds for three or so hours, seas were
> rather lively with much higher squalls and hail from unstable pockets of
> cooler air aloft (you just don't get beautiful weather like this in the
> booring summer, Dave, with Mother Nature drum beating on the side of your
> skull cap). I got pushed up on a lee shore "beach" and bashed and then
> rolled over a log in the heavy shore break, and split the deck seam along
> from one bulkhead to the other (6 feet). The two halves are separated now,
> and I'm leaving for a Central Coast trip in a few weeks. HELP!
> 
> 1) I can repair the inside seem with cloth tape and epoxy, but does anyone
> know a good way to stiffen or strengthen the joint so it is better than
> before?
> 
> 2) Should I run an outside seam? It "seems" to me that these British boats
> are heavy and well built, but suffer from the fact that one little thin
> seam on the inside holds the whole thing together, and once an incipient
> crack starts, the whole thing un zippers (this happened to a notorious
> Nordkapp surfer on the Oregon coast a few years ago).
> 
> 3) I have a custom $400.00 epoxy paint job. Will I have to sand that and
> then the underlying original gel coat to make an outside seam adhere properly?
> 
> 4) My boat is kept outside, upside down. Has UV damage weakened the
> fiberglass? Does fiberglass have a lifespan?
> 
> 5) Should I buy a plastic kayak from Costco? (VBG)
> 
> Doug Lloyd
> Victoria BC
> Canada
> 
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