John Somers wrote: > > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 08:06:01 +0000 > Ferdinand Soethe wrote: > > "True, in our experience the Nautiraid (so far) doesn't leak at all. But the > water we brought in when getting into the boat stayed there all day and has > visibly discolored the wooden ends. What I can't tell is, when discoloration > ends and corosion of the woods begins. > > Regards, > Ferdinand" > > Hi Ferdinand, thanks for the trip description. > Keeping water and also sand and grit out of a folding kayak is a challenge > for me also. I am concerned about the wear on the boat's skin when sand > gets between the frame pieces and the covering fabric. Then the flexing of > the boat over time could wear holes through the skin. You may be worrying too much. The hypalon hull is incredibly strong stuff. I have seen such damage only rarely, just once really. And only the patch that an owner put on later but I did not see the damage itself...I suspect it wasn't as bad as he thought. > So I am looking for > a good sea sock (fabric tube-bag that attaches around the coaming and > inserts into the cockpit, then you sit inside this). If you or any other > Paddlewisers know one that is durable and comfortable for the Nautiraid > kayaks, I would appreciate that information. SEDA sells seasocks that attach to cockpits of hardshells and single folding kayaks. These would fit on the Nautiraid single and the two cockpits of the doubles. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Wed Sep 22 1999 - 19:40:19 PDT
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