Re: [Paddlewise] Replacement hatch cover

From: Jochen Grikschat <grikschat_at_surfeu.de>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 11:39:27 +0200
>.  Checked Kajaksport out, but they don't
> make a 7.5" cover.
>
> Suggestions???

Check KS-OY again Jim!

They make a 10, 15, 20, 24 round hatch and a oval one. Die 20er is
equivalent to the 7,5" VCP cover. Okay, almost equivalent. It got 1 cm
higher inner diametre, but teh SAMe outer diametre so you could use it as an
alternative to the VCP 7,5".

VCP covers arenīt made from rubber, but from polyurethane. Thatīs the
problem. PU doesnīt like ozone, and UV-radiation. KS-OY is made from real
rubber!

To protect the VCP hatches I made some Spi-stuff extra hatch covers. they
avoid the heating of the VCP covers and protect them a little bit against
the UV-radiation. They give your kayak an individual coloured touch and one
day I will sew a little bag onto them, so I could store there some flares or
lines or what-ever-you-want.

Want some pics from it?

best regards
Jochen Grikschat, who suffers a little bit from sunburn.

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