[Paddlewise] Seal Line Chart Cases

Chuck wrote:
"My Seal Line chart case has never leaked, not even during rolls."
I must be harder on gear than you, Chuck. I have a Seal Line chart case
which has stretched at the short sides, a small tear has opened, and the zip
no longer seals. Anyone using the Seal Line chart cases should add a
non-stretch piece of cord or tape to prevent the chart case stretching and
distorting. This is noted in David Burch's book on kayak navigation. Why the
manufacturer doesn't do this, I don't know.
Now I laminate or seal each chart or map and put it inside the chart case,
and live with the water infiltration. I'm keeping an eye out for a better
means of keeping a chart on deck. One idea is to fix a laminated chart to
the deck with duct tape, which addresses the problem of surf clearing the
deck of everything.
I've wondered about using the spray deck for charts, but I don't want
anything to interfere with a wet exit.
Peter Treby,
Melbourne, Australia.

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