>After spending all weekend it it and rolling it dozens of times I'd >have to say that I don't think I've ever paddled a touring boat that >was a easy to roll (yes, Gabriel, even easier than a Romany). Oooh! The gauntlet has been cast down!! John wrote: >I also used flush hatches with internal bungies and didn't know how watertight they would be. After spending several hours in it on Sunday, rolling dozens of times, the bow hatch was bone dry. When I opened the stern hatch, I discovered that the hook I had glued to the inside of the hatch cover had come loose (I think because I had epoxied it after the cover had developed a bit of amine blush). Another problem is heat and epoxy. Your boat can get pretty hot if it's outside in the hot sun. With the hook being "eccentrically" loaded, it's easy for them to pop loose if the epoxy warms and softens. Roughing the underside of the hatch cover well with some 60-grit before gluing doesn't hurt, either. Just last night, I added glass fillets to the inside of my hooks. Over the course of 2.5 years of paddling this boat, I've had 5 of 8 pop loose. I'm tired of regluing them and I think the greater bond area presented by the glass will help significantly. These hatches also start to leak after about 2 seasons--replace the weatherstripping and all's well. Shawn Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.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/ ***************************************************************************
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