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From: Seng, Dave <Dave_Seng_at_health.state.ak.us>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] VCP Hatch Deterioration - another hypothesis
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:08:06 -0800
> From: Erik Sprenne [mailto:sprenne_at_netnitco.net]
> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 9:05 PM
 
> I pose these questions to those who have reported cracks in 
> their hatch
> covers:
> 1.  Do you routinely keep your hatch covers installed on the hatches?

  No, my Skerray hatches have always been removed when the boat wasn't in
the water.

> 2.  If so, do you smell a resin/chemical smell inside your 
> hatch when you
> first remove the hatch cover?

  No resin in my boat - it's Tupperware.  No idea how much or what types of
gasses are released by new poly.

> 3.  Is your boat relatively new?

  Three years old now.

Dave Seng
Juneau, Alaska

 
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