RE: [Paddlewise] Cutting down a Wind Swift

I cut my swift down (with the carbon shaft) a couple of years ago and so
far, no ill effects.

cu

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Matt Broze
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 9:49 PM
To: Paddlewise
Subject: [Paddlewise] Cutting down a Wind Swift


Chuck Holst wrote:

>>I have a 245-cm Wind Swift I would like to cut down, but the Eddyline
factory said they couldn't do it. Maybe I'll try it myself some day.<<


Chuck don't do it! The reason Eddyline probably won't is that the shaft is
reinforced at the joint (where the earliest ones regularly split before
being reinforced). If you shorten it you may have the same problem unless
you also add reinforcements to the shaft in the joint area.

Matt Broze
http://www.marinerkayaks.com


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