The rubber pad is extremely soft and grips my sea kayaks tightly; I've never had a problem with any composite boat. I follow the Yakima instructions and use bow/stern tie downs. I agree, if an individual has "Yakima" impregnated in the gel coat, they should question the gel coat integrity. Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Mastalski" <mastalski_at_engr.wisc.edu> To: <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Yakima Mako Saddles > The piece > which has "Yakima" on it is pretty soft rubber. It's hard to imagine that > it would actually imbed into gelcoat. This seems to me a gel coat issue > rather than a Mako issue. snip *************************************************************************** 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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