Hello there everyone, Just something I'd like to share with any VCP paddlers out there... I paddle a VCP Pintail. This boat has an adjustable skeg which is controlled with a cable running inside the boat to a slider forward of the cockpit. My problem has been that the rear compartment always had some water in it at the end of a days paddling. Talking to my supplier (Knoydart in the Lake District, UK) - they suggested rotating the metal sleeve where the cable and fibreglass meet just above the skeg box inside the rear hatch. This did not fix the problem! BTW - my wife has an identical boat and it has never leaked at all. Before paddling this weekend I used self-amalgamating tape (the stuff you stretch and it sticks to itself), to cover up the gap between the metal sleeve and the cable - result - bone dry compartment, so airtight the flexible hatch lid was concave at the end of the day. No more wet belongings! Cheers, Keith *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Both my Nordkapps, one with the old and one with the new skeg have airtight hatches, a real concern going from cool water (75F) to a hot car top. I usually pull the hatches off when I travel to avoid blowing a bulkhead or stressing the rubber cover. cu *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Bob wrote... >Both my Nordkapps, one with the old and one with the new skeg have airtight >hatches, a real concern going from cool water (75F) to a hot car top. I >usually pull the hatches off when I travel to avoid blowing a bulkhead or >stressing the rubber cover. Yes I always store the boat with hatches off, I usually just push them into the compartment so they are always with the boat... they are also permamently attatched to the boat with little bits of string so they can't be droped at sea or blown away at camp! Keith *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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