On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Dave Williams wrote: > I had a friend paddle one of my Sea Lions the other day. Let's just say > that he wasn't the most stable person on the water that day. He capsized 3 > times in mild swell. <snip> > > Anyway, when we got back to the beach, I opened the rear hatch and there was > a lot of water in the compartment. I don't remember ever seeing that much > water in a Sea Lion compartment before. The neoprene cover was on and in > good shape. > > Has anyone experienced this problem before and if so, where do you think the > water came in? > My Sea Lions haven't done anything like that. As to where it came in, your might try an experiment. Stand the boat vertically bow up against a tree and dump a couple of gallons of water in the hatch. This will find leaks around the rudder gear. You could do the same thing bow down to check the integrity of the rear bulkhead. Steve Cramer Test Scoring & Reporting Services Sometimes you never can University of Georgia always tell what you Athens, GA 30602-5593 least expect the most. *************************************************************************** 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 30 2000 - 06:48:07 PST
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