Gerald Foodman wrote: > 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. [snip] 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. Wet it thoroughly. If it was a neoprene deck skirt, that will allow the neoprene to stretch a little. I have this same problem on the coamings for my Pygmy boats, and size/tension them for wet use. My thinking is that the time I really need a spray skirt is when the waves are all over my deck. If you can not reach a good compromise by wetting, I suggest contact-cementing a thin strip of rubber under the coaming lip to increase the friction. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 - 17:05:38 PST
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