inetex wrote: > 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). > My only caution on rebuilding so that it's stronger or stiffer than before is that you run the risk of creating a seam that is too stiff. That would cause the stress and flex to occur at a point above or below the seam and weaken that point. This could cause the next failure to be more trouble to repair. I'd be inclined to make the repair the same strength and stiffness as before and not mess with it beyond that. *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 08 1999 - 14:07:12 PST
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