No, it was a Current Designs Solstic, almost new. The boat was completely replaced, "No questions asked". I don't think they know I have a picture of the incident. The Necky Arluk seam failure on the Storm Island rescue trip was an older boat that had been subjected to a fair bit of use and abuse. It didn't "break-up", but perhaps could have gotten much worse if we hadn't bailed out via the rescue. I sure wish my paddling friend would let Sea Kayaker Magazine release the incident report. It would help me put the whole episode behind myself. BTW, Necky boats have an excellent reputation on our rough BC coast. Good to hear from you Dan. Miss your informative posts and comments. BC'in Ya Doug Lloyd At 05:42 PM 1/9/00 -0800, you wrote: >Doug Lloyd wrote: >... >> 5. I have witnessed catastrophic failure of a vacuumed bagged hull - not a >> good thing. > >Are you referring to that Necky that started to break up prior to your >rescue? The reason that I ask is that Necky boats are NOT vacuum >bagged, and so if this is the incident to which you are referring it >does not serve to illustrate your point. (Necky boats are lightweight, >but without the advantages of vacuum bagging.) If you are referring to >some other boat, please give us the details. > >Dan Hagen *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Jan 09 2000 - 20:10:02 PST
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