Re: [Paddlewise] VCP Hatch Deterioration - another hypothesis

From: <Outfit3029_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 07:52:38 EDT
In a message dated 7/31/00 5:12:00 AM !!!First Boot!!!, sprenne_at_netnitco.net 
writes:

<< If any of this *might* be true, then the simple solution would be to store
 one's boat with the VCP hatch covers OFF the hatches - especially when the
 boat is new. >>
  
  I store my British boat outdoors, in Florida, VCP hatch covers off. The 
hatch covers are almost three years old w/o a crack and have never been 
treated with 303 or any such product. The expansion and contraction of the 
hatch covers caused by the heating and cooling of the air inside the hull 
worried me. It may have been a contributing factor to the deterioration of 
the first set of hatch covers.
 
  Bruce McC
   WEO
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