I had a plastic Puffin with a slippy coaming. I sanded it with rough paper and the sprayskirt stayed on. Barbara At 09:00 PM 6/22/99 -0400, Michael Daly wrote: >rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote: > >> Just one other difference that I would like to add. The coamings on >> poly boats are not as sharp as those on laminated kayaks. Therefore >> they don't hold a sprayskirt as well. >> > >There are spray skirts designed just for plastic boats that would be ripped >up by a fiberglass coaming. The Perception skirt for my Pirouette holds >tight as a drum - better than the one for my fg sea kayak. The WW skirt >has a heavy rubber rand around the edge and a thick wedge-shaped >rubber rim on the bottom that fits the plastic coaming snugly. > >It is true that if you use a regular neoprene-to-the-edge style skirt on the >plastic boat it will tend to slip off. I use the SK skirt on my Pirouette in >the pool (since it's beat up and I don't worry about the effects of the >chlorine*) and it slips and leaks somewhat more than I like. It works >fine on the SK, however. So choose the skirt to match the boat. > >Mike > >*actually - it's a way of getting to buy a spiffy new SK skirt... not >working though :-( > > > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** > > Sea Kayak Italy http://www.seakayakitaly.com tel. 650-728-8720 fax 650-728-8753 bkossy_at_igc.org *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jun 23 1999 - 07:14:06 PDT
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