I have had two VCP hatches develop serious cracks within the 3 years I have had my boat. One way the 7.5" round front hatch. It developed cracks on the inside in the groove that slipped over the top lip of the hatch. The other one was the large oval rear hatch. It developed cracks on the outside and inside in the middle. I found them when I flexed the cover slightly. None of them seemed to have gone all the way through. I replaced both hatches. I keep 303 on them, but they do so a sun since I sometimes leave the boat on the car when I am paddling for several days in a row. Two hatches in 3 years seems a little excessive to me especially since that is over $100 to replace the pair. Mark J. Arnold MJAkayaker_at_aol.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jul 26 2000 - 12:02:39 PDT
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