>> On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Chuck Holst wrote: > 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. which part was inadvertant??!! mark >> Giving it a stress test. I didn't think about the possibility of the weight of the water damaging the kayak until well afterwards. I guess I just had a lot of confidence in the sturdiness of Romanys. 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 Fri Jan 07 2000 - 08:19:53 PST
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