I test paddled a beautiful West 180 from CLC kayaks. The edge of the wood coaming was smooth and rounded and would not hold my neopreme sprayskirt at all. It would pop off, from the side, everytime I did a leaning brace. The skirt was the correct size. Do you wood boat builders do anything special to the coaming edge to ensure a secure fit? The boat handled extremely well in 15knot winds and following 2 to 3 foot seas. Very easy to control and very forgiving. It felt fast as well. But I really had to tie the skirt bungie excessively tight. After paddling a while I opened the skirt for something and could not get it back on without assistance. My buddy had to hold down the back while I stretched the front. If the back was not held down it would slip off the polished coaming. Is this a solvable problem. Jerry *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Mar 27 2001 - 14:08:50 PST
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