RE: [Paddlewise] Perfect Boat is Plastic! How To Store/Car Top

The only oil can I've seen in a boat is an empty Shell X-100 can that was being used to bail


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From:  JSpinner_at_aol.com
Sent:  Saturday, December 04, 1999 12:10 PM
To:  paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
Subject:  Re: [Paddlewise] Perfect Boat is Plastic! How To Store/Car Top

In a message dated 12/3/99 9:47:55 PM, batwing_at_kerrlake.com writes:

<< I think you may be mistaken.  In any usage I have heard, "oil canning"
means flex.  Old style oil cans dispensed oil by flexing the bottom of
the can.  Boat hulls that work in and out in waves are said to oil can. 
It is most often considered a negative contribution to performance. 
What you are calling a dent is in fact a dent. >>

What I've heard called "oil canning" is when the boat deforms in a 
semi/permanant way from the bottom. It will have the dents Duane spoke of 
where the boat is least supported from either sitting on the bars of a rack 
on a car or in a poorly supported position when stored in a warm place. I 
have never hear oil canning used as "flex" in a moving boat. That certainly 
doesn't mean I'm right but this is the usage I've run into.
    Maybe we need a user's dictionary of jargon.

Joan
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