Jack, My round hatch cover was cracked all the way through on about 75% of the circumference. A little pressure on the center of the cover and the cracks opened up. I do not go out in surf very often, but I think a couple of waves over the front would have split the thing wide open. On my oval hatch some of the cracks were all the way through the cover and spreading. The others were not just surface crazing. They looked to be 80% of the way through the rubber. Since some had gone all the way through I beleive it was just a matter of time until all the cracks were all the way through the hatch. Maybe I am just paranoid, but open cracks running across or almost all the way round a hatch cover really bothers me. Mark J. Arnold MJAkayker_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 Thu Jul 27 2000 - 17:55:12 PDT
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