Re: [Paddlewise] Chasing Leaks

From: Gabriel L Romeu <romeug_at_erols.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 19:53:55 -0400
I do Bill, even more if I do this getting straight into a warm boat.  I
have a really tight palm skirt and when I put my dark boat (until I
paint it next week) off the car top and onto hot sand, launch it and
tip, it seems to suck water in which I attribute to the change of the
air pressure.  Happen a lot less on cooler days.    There is a
noticeable depression on the deck of the skirt as as the air inside the
cockpit cools down right side up.

otherwise, I do get a tiny bit of leakage in the combing in any event
over time.

Bill Hansen wrote:
> 
> Evan writes, RE: leak in Eddyline kayak, after careful testing   <I more or
> less (by process of elimination) concluded it had to be my spray skirt >
> 
> IMO - That's not an unreasonable source of modest leakage. I also get a
> little bit of leakage during rolling practice, which I believe comes in at
> the point where sprayskirt meets coaming. Doesn't everyone?
> 

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