Thank you to all who took the time to respond with advice about fixing split seams on my venerable Nordkapp. Some of you went into great lengths, and it is appreciated. I'm spending the next four days on the repair, using a composite of what everyone suggested (not "composite" in sense of material!). I noticed my original "abuse" message on the digest version today, not sure how that showed up a *second* time. I do have a second question. My hull is almost worn through. Last year I epoxied two layers of six ounce cloth, on the inside of hull (24" wide by 60" long), as it kept leaking through the many repairs. I would like to run some narrower tape on the outside of the hull, along the entire length of the keel line. Anybody had experience with extra hull protection? Seaward Kayaks use a sacrificial rear keel strip of UMWV (some type of plastic, not sure on spelling). Could this be run the entire underbelly, set into the above queried strip(s) of glass tape, like they do with brass half-round on canoes? I promise this is the last question on fiber glassing. I just want to get through one more season. Doug Lloyd Victoria BC Canada *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> -----Original Message----- > From: inetex [mailto:dlloyd_at_inetex.com] snip > I would like to run some narrower tape on the > outside of the > hull, along the entire length of the keel line. Anybody had > experience with > extra hull protection? Seaward Kayaks use a sacrificial rear > keel strip of > UMWV (some type of plastic, not sure on spelling). Could this > be run the > entire underbelly, set into the above queried strip(s) of > glass tape, like > they do with brass half-round on canoes? > The UHMW (Ultra-High Molecular Weight) polysomething that Seaward uses as a sacrificial drag strip is screwed on, not epoxied (at least that's how they did it on my Seaward Ascente). This might be to ease the replacement process, but I seriously wonder whether you could get a good bond between the UHMW strip(s) and the epoxy. (please understand that my entire fiberglassing experience consists only of replacing the transom in a 1964 fiberglass runabout). Maybe a quick email to Seaward would answer your question..... Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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