This is a post about the sectional hull thread. A friend that saw the Easter Island Circumnavigation presentation given by Stan Chladek and Nigel Dennis at Canoeacopia clarified what happened to their sectionalized sea kayaks during the trip. Nigel said that their boats started coming loose in horrendous seas because they forgot to put locktite on the bolts and nuts used to connect the kayak sections to one another. Once they applied the locktite they had no problems with the sectionalized hulls. When I put my sectionalized Aleut Sea II together I use lock nuts and I have had no problems. You must be sure that you tighten the bolts and nuts completely. Good Paddling, Don Dimond *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
> A friend that saw the Easter Island Circumnavigation > ......... > Nigel said that their boats started coming loose in > horrendous seas because they forgot to put locktite on > the bolts and nuts >....... > When I put my sectionalized Aleut Sea II together I use > lock nuts and I have had no problems. You must be sure > that you tighten the bolts and nuts completely. I always use nylock nuts for all fittings around a kayak, including holding on sections of hull. For those with glass boats, nylock nuts will allow tightening to a reasonable tension without crushing yet still not come loose. For those who don't know a nylock nut - the top of the nut had a captive ring of nylon that grips the thread of the bolt. Alex -- ---------------------------------------------------- Alex Ferguson a.ferguson_at_chem.canterbury.ac.nz Electronics Workshop, Chem Dept, Univ of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand *************************************************************************** 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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