Vince Dalrymple <vincedalrymple_at_home.com> writes: << ... Now the request for advice. Though I love the water tight integrity of my Mountain Surf deck (I special ordered it extra tight), I've found out the hard way that it's a tad too tight around the coaming to put back on on-water in freezing weather. Does anyone have any tricks for relaxing the fit progressively in small increments? ... >> Vince, I built the rim of my Yare to fit a Mountain Surf skirt tight ... the fit ended up too tight in exactly the same way you describe. The solution appeared by chance: The boat was out in the sun with the spray skirt attached for a while. That did the trick ... (it was a loong while; dare I admit to such abuse?) Ralph *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 24 2001 - 09:58:24 PST
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