Without going into any speculation as to why the exact age of my Skerray is so difficult to remember - I've actually had my Skerray for 5 years now - hatches started deteriorating in the third year. This getting old stuff is for the birds! Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Dave Seng said, "This getting old stuff is for the birds!" Your not getting old, just Experienced! So says one of the old, errrr, experienced guys here at work! 8-) Hope this helps.... Dan *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
"We are not amused!" Having owned boats with strap on hatches I would never own another boat without a VCP hatch. My boat is always bone dry and the convenience of opening and closing a hatch in seconds is worth and minor problems with the materials. Based on our member from the UK, the problem isn't the hatch, it's the replacement cost. In the UK it's a fraction of the US price. cu > All this talk about VCP deterioration has been somewhat amusing to me > (sorry, folks -- but it has been). My CD Caribou has, IMO, the best hatch > system of all the kayaks I have seen. Despite repeated dunkings, flips, > etc., over the last few weeks -- very little water entered the hatches. > Very little. And it won't deteriorate. Ever. > <G> > Mark *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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