....well, I live in rural Wyoming, hot dry summers,cold windy winters, and at an elevation of 5100', about 300+ days of sun (clear and partially cloudy days.) Wyoming has the 2nd highest rate of melanoma ( UV induced skin cancer) in the US. I leave my poly OT Disco174 outdoors, year round, with a tarp thrown over it. In 5 years I have not noticed any discoloration (the tarp isn't big enough to cover the bow and stern completely), thus far it hasn't snapped in two, cracked , etc. ,etc. I did put "Armor-All" on it for the first time, this year. Now.. if I had $2900 invested in a Bell "black and gold" Northwoods....LOL. ( I would probably have a more refined sense of "pride of ownership". We leave tomorrow for a 5 week paddle on the Barrengrounds of NWT/Canada. If I DO put my foot through the bottom of the canoe...I will regret the bad karma of this post . :) Rich Dempsey ridem_at_msn.com *************************************************************************** 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 30 1999 - 16:38:34 PDT
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