>> Just a thought: Would it be prohibitive to lay up an extra layer of glass inside your current north American boat? The extra layer of glass should make your boat far superior than the extra epoxy of a hand laid up boat. Woody >> *************************************************************************** You could probably order the boat with extra glass. I bought my old Sealution second-hand, and the previous owner had ordered it with a reinforced deck. The deck was definitely stiffer than that of the production Sealution, which I thought was way too flimsy. As for Romanys, I inadvertently gave my Romany Explorer a couple of stress tests while the kayak was strapped on the car by filling the fore and aft compartments with water to check for leaks. Some time after, I noticed four slight dimplings in the hull where it comes into contact with the rack, and a slight stress crack in the gelcoat on the foredeck, but that's all, and I really don't know whether they were caused by my tests or not. I certainly didn't hear any groans or cracking sounds during the tests. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 06 2000 - 13:58:05 PST
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