Re: [Paddlewise] Breaking Boats

Matt Broze wrote:
> 
> Dave Kruger wrote:

> >So when I hear Matt say don't worry about breaking your boat, I wonder how I
> >can tell what my boat can take.

> WHERE DID I SAY THAT? Let me be clear about this, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WORRY
> ABOUT BREAKING YOUR BOAT, EITHER STAY OUT OF THE SURF ZONE OR BUY A SUPER
> HEAVY DUTY KAYAK.

Sorry about that.  You never said it.  My inaccurate, sloppy paraphrase.  Got
another question below about breaking boats.

[megasnip]
>  We will guarantee our kayaks will not break
> in anything short of surf or a hard collision with a solid object. But, if
> you take one of our kayaks out in the surf you are on your own. We have made
> some super-heavy duty kayaks for expeditions and Arctic explorations but
> even the best surfers like John Lull (of Surf Kayaking Fundamentals and
> Tsunami Ranger Rock Garden videos fame) want to find some compromise between
> "not having to repair it too often" and "light enough to accelerate quickly
> to catch that faster wave". His first Coaster was a heavy duty. Ten years of
> hard surfing in rock gardens later (and I'm sure some patches) his second
> Coaster was a standard lay-up with some crucial fold prone areas reinforced
> a bit and an extra layer of lightweight Kevlar on the inside (for rock
> bashing). 

Matt, on a typical vacuum bagged layup, where are the "fold prone" areas?   I
recognize this will depend somewhat on the design, but if you could generalize
some, it would help.  I have reinforced the deck of my main touring yak
(Eddyline Wind Dancer) aft of the rear hatch, and am thinking about adding a
layer or two of epoxy/glass to the underside of the deck, forward of the
cockpit, as well.  Any other locations I should consider?

Also, is there a reference you can suggest for adapting vacuum bagging to a
reinforcement job like this?  I don't think my usual technique  (wet out the
glass with epoxy and squeegee the excess out)  gives a very good job,
especially when I want more than one layer of glass.  (Usually let the resin
get to the almost stiff phase before I lay on the second layer of glass, but
sometimes I have tacked a second layer on top of a still-wet squeegeed layer --
the glass moves around a lot.)

Thanks.

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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