Matt Broze wrote: > > I bought and old double Folbot and accidentally dropped a small screwdriver > about a foot on the thin vinyl deck and it punched a hole right through it. > Never trusted it enough to paddle it since. Lots of materials do age and become suspect. I have seen this happen with the cotton decks of Kleppers; and the plastic hulls of hardshells that have become so brittle that any banging starts fissures; same with the kevlar of composite boats. Once they go, they indeed are not to be trusted on the water and should be considered suspect. A new vinyl or cordura deck also can't be trusted. It may be as taut as a drum and bounce the screwdriver right back up and knock your eye out. Matt, when around a folding kayak, you may want to wear safety glasses. :-) ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 29 1999 - 05:50:27 PDT
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