Blaauw, Niels writes: > A friend of me bought a Falco touring kayak, kind of a hybrid between a > touring kayak and a sea kayak. She was very surprised (upset, disappointed) > that the bottom of the boat was hollow: When laying on a flat surface, it > rests on bow and stern with the middle section about 5 centimeters above > ground. > > I guess this can't be a production error, not in a polyesther boat. It must > be a deliberate design, but I don't understand why. > My old polyethylene Sea Lion was hogged, too, which was one reason I got rid of it. Someone told me the fiberglass original from which the mold was created did not have this defect, and that the poly version assumed the hogged shape only after it was removed from the mold. So if this information is correct, then it can indeed be a production error -- and a repeatable one, at that. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 May 08 2001 - 10:54:30 PDT
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