Dear Friends: First, thanks to those who sent advice re: plastic doubles. I may have more questions later. Second, I have had a Snapdragon sprayskirt, the all-neoprene model for about a year or so, and it is already showing signs of wear (we do paddle a lot, 2-3 times a week). (When I wrote Snapdragon, they wrote back "hopefully you are not practicing rescues and bring boats up onto your deck, that will kill any neoprene skirt quick." Well, I do practice rescues. The skirt fits me and the boat well, so my conclusion is that I simply need a more heavy duty skirt. Snapdragon has a kevlar-reinforced model at http://www.snapdragondesign.com/images/products/exp_ww_kevlar.jpg. They say it is for whitewater but there seems to be no reason I could not use it my NDK Explorer. They don't seem to have a similar ocean model. Also, this Bomber Gear skirt looks pretty heavy duty as well. http://www.bombergear.com/breaker.html And here is the Whetstone kevlar skirt. http://www.kayakstore.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/scstore/c-Spraydecks.php3?L+scstore+rpig9123+1002429768 Any opinions? Josh ============================================================================== Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum, Research Fellow Tel: [972] 3-640-6448 Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and Fax: [972] 3-641-5802 African Studies Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978 Israel E-mail:teitelba_at_post.tau.ac.il www.dayan.org ============================================================================== *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
From: "Joshua Teitelbaum" <teitelba_at_post.tau.ac.il> > Snapdragon has a kevlar-reinforced model at > http://www.snapdragondesign.com/images/products/exp_ww_kevlar.jpg. They > say it is for whitewater but there seems to be no reason I could not use it > my NDK Explorer. They don't seem to have a similar ocean model. > > Also, this Bomber Gear skirt looks pretty heavy duty as well. > http://www.bombergear.com/breaker.html > > And here is the Whetstone kevlar > skirt. > http://www.kayakstore.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/scstore/c-Spraydecks.php3?L+scstore+rpig9123+1002429768 My only comment is that some WW skirts are made for plastic cockpit rims and are not recommended for composite. The thin composite edge will chew up the rand on the edge of the skirt and may have problems with holding or releasing. For example, the Whetstone K-Deck has a "wedge rand cockpit seal" which sounds like it's designed to mate with a thick, roughly triangular section plastic coaming. My Perception skirt is such a beast and it states clearly that it is not recommended for composite kayaks; I use it exclusively on my WW kayak. I've seen a Snapdragon sea kayak skirt that looked very good ( and pricey!) but I have no memory of the model. It had a heavier construction but was suitable for composite coamings. Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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