Re: [Paddlewise] Your expertise needed again

From: <BijiliE_at_aol.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 11:36:34 EDT
John Winters said: << I have heard no long term durability reports on 
repairs. perhaps someone who has had a poly boat fixed will know.  >>

I have an old yellow Aquaterra Spectrum that fell off a moving trailer 
(before I owned it), and had a huge hole in the bow. It was welded with 
yellow plastic in a very messy manner, but it seemed to hold OK until I 
bumped into a rock while moving fairly rapidly downstream on the Truckee 
River. The weld came loose a little and the boat was leaking. So I found an 
industrial plastic welder who fixed it very neatly, but with white plastic so 
it doesn't match my boat's color. Anyway, I haven't had any problems since, 
but the bulkhead does leak and I need to seal it occasionally.

BijiliE
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