Will do. I am also making the following mods to the kayak. Putting in a Sealline rudder system. Putting in two solid rear hulkheads and a day hatch because the one foam bulkhead does not support the hull. Four months after I got the boat the gel coat started cracking just in front of the leading edge of the rear hatch on both sides. I have had the kayak for 1.5 years now and the cracks are now 5 inches long. I have the Kevlar version of the Eddyline Wind Dancer. The cracking is due to the hull flexing and twisting when doing paddle float rescues. You can hear and see it happening. You can see the rear hatch twisting when I slide up on the rear deck. To fix this I am going to replace the rear foam bulkhead with a 6mm plywood one and move its location forward a bit. Also adding a second rear bulkhead just forward of the rear hatch. This should beef up the rear deck and give me a day hatch. Adding two thru hull penetrations so that I can keep two bags of water behind the seat to get them off the deck. The Wind Dancer is a high volume boat which is rated at 450lbs. I am swimming in the cockpit. Going to put in a custom foam cockpit. Adding a perimeter line too. How is that for a summer project? Great boat. The only problem I have had is due to the foam bulkheads. I guess the reason they are used instead of solid bulkheads is materials and labor. I bet it is cheaper to put in a foam bulkhead than a solid one. > I have the same boat, and am interested in how it works for you! Please > send a pic of the finished product! Also, location installed, etc.. -- Jan Mason td376_at_mail.anonymizer.com *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 11 2002 - 10:34:39 PDT
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