Dave Whyte wrote: "I think, If I remember correctly, that the boat was exceptionally light - 19 Feet long and only 16 kgs called a raiderX." This confirms my suspicions. I thought the hull shape was familiar. The Raider X is one of the boats that worried me by having such a weak deck it can be depressed with one finger, in parts. I am not surprised to hear that a Raider X fell to pieces in an offshore reef break. These boats have a "podded" seat: the front and sides of the seat are extended to the hull and it forms a bulkhead. I was thinking of buying a second hand boat of this type recently, and test paddled, and closely examined it. It had a stress fracture where the podded seat met the thin hull underneath. A gel coat repair had been done, but the fracture had re-opened. One local owner of the Raider X has gone to the trouble of having that point reinforced, less than a year after buying the new, kevlar laid-up boat. The photograph seems to show the boat broken at or near the point where the podded seat meets the hull. This is a serious stress point for a thin hull. This stress occurs at a place where the boat is widest, and the hull relatively flat. A good photograph for boat manufacturers to put in their showrooms and point to when buyers are after excessively light boats. Regards, Peter Treby 37º 42' S 145º 08' E *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 11 2000 - 23:06:21 PDT
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