SRI wrote: > Some folks seem to think that the VCP hatches offer the advantage of fast > access. Frankly, I find them cumbersome. But aside from that, the > suggestion that the CD Caribou hatches are somehow slow of access is, I > think, mis-informed. I can get into my Caribou hatches in less than 3 > seconds, every time, guaranteed. Once you get used to the strap system on > these boats, it's a simple matter. They are very very very easy to get > into. Slightly more time to close up, but one would think that would be > done at a time when you had a little more leisure. . . . As I said before, > I think the Caribou hatches are the best innovation in kayak hatches in > years. I challenge any VCP hatch owner on this list to a contest: put some > emergency equipment in the hatch, and let's see who can get to it quicker. . > . . You name the time and place. <g> And. . . well, fiberglass doesn't > "deteriorate". > Mark > > Hi Mark. I will not take you up on that challenge. My new Viviane has rubber hatches and I find them much SLOWER to get into and closed than the Caribou hatches. And this is with the Kajak Sport hatch covers, which people on the list have said are easier to put on! Mike -- Paddling along through fog so thick that only one's thoughts are visible, your reverie is abruptly shattered by the ancient cry of a great blue heron as she lifts uncertainly from the brilliant blue of a mussel-shell beach witnessed only by the brooding, wet spruce....your passage home seems as much back through time as it does through space. Mark H Hunt *************************************************************************** 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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