Yikes! Apart from putting out an APB on the dealer, I suppose this illustrates the old belt and braces approach of ensuring that your hatches contain floatation of some sort (unless they're full). I've certainly seen perfectly reputable hatch covers come off by accident in the past, for whatever reason. In my BC (before collapsible - i.e. Feathercraft) days, I used to cram old empty plastic lemonade bottles, sealed with duct tape, into my empty hatches as floatation backup - too mean to buy float bags, well I was saving up for a F'craft ;-) . I do have float bags for the K1, essential as it has no watertight bulkheads, just the sea sock. In the UK we have a concept called "fit for purpose" which all retailers and suppliers are supposed to adhere to: I'd say a sea kayak with self-opening hatches is rather wide of that mark. Nick *************************************************************************** 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 14 2002 - 06:24:16 PDT
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