I too have had VCP rubber hatches deteriorate. The (VCP supplied) rubber hatches on two new P&H capellas were very perished and split under the rim on the inside after about eight months. P&H replaced the hatches immediately and without charge. The replacement hatches are now four years old and are still in pristine condition. I presume that the first were indeed form a 'bad batch'. I suspect that 303 on the outside is irrelevant, as all cases reported have been perished on the inside - maybe its something to do with the way the mould is designed. The prices you guys are quoting for replacements are outrageous. Here in the UK a Valley round hatch complete (cover and rim etc) comes in at about 12 pounds sterling. I would check out the online shop at Knoydart kayaking who sell internationally: www.knoydart-kayaking.co.uk round hatch cover alone is quoted at £3-89 (sterling so I guess about 3 US dollars + shipping) on the web site .... at 50 cents a year I'd say that's cheap enough to replace every three or four years... HTH Cheers Colin 57º19'N 2º10'W *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jul 27 2000 - 03:49:43 PDT
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