Re: [Paddlewise] Don't Do This!

Duane, you neglected to tell us how many holes.

If you paddle fast enough, they may help drain the
cockpit...

Strosaker wrote:
> 
> Sea Kayakers,
> 
> The recent posts about how much the first scratch on a new kayaks hurts made
> me laugh due to something I did this past week. I just bought a brand new
> fiberglass Boreal Design Ellesmere, which I will launch for the first time
> tomorrow (Sunday). Of course, like every time I get a new or used boat, I have
> to foam out the cockpit, change the deck arrangement a little, drill water
> drain holes in the seat and so forth. Well, I had finished everything, except
> for drilling holes in the seat. Now, I am experienced when it comes to using a
> drill. I have 2 years of woodshop in high school, built 3 kayaks, and I am
> always tinkering around. As I was drilling the holes through the seat, like I
> had done many times before, I was careful not to push too hard so that the
> drill bit wouldn't drop on down to the hull as it drilled through the seat. My
> mistake was assuming that there was at least a 1/4 inch gap between the seat
> and hull. After drilling the holes, I flipped the kayak over just to make sure
> nothing happened, and after I looked, I was in denial for about 5 minutes. It
> turns out the bottom of the seat is right on the hull. Repairing the holes in
> the hull was easy, but it is going to take me a while to get over the
> embarrassment.
> 
> Duane


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