Hi all, I hate to ask for a rehash of an old line of debate, but I need to catch = up on the best way to store my plastic Perception touring kayak. =20 I paddle somewhere on a weekly basis year round here in the sunny south. = I read the scant owners manual and e-mailed the factory a couple = times with a few questions. Their conflicting answers gave me the = impression that they just make the boats and haven't put enough = consideration into care, storage and car topping. Or maybe the various = tech reps work from their own opinions rather than the facts. I store the boat in comfortable conditions in a garage basement on its = side supported on blocks about 3 feet apart. Should I alternate from = left to right side between uses? Should I support it on padded blocks = under the bulkheads instead? Or what about wide straps hung from the = ceiling? If anyone can forward me the some essential tips it would help. I have = seen some reference to the "well known Perception plastic problems" and = would appreciate the info. Bill the lurker, Birmingham, Alabama [demime 0.92b removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of tech.gif] *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (i.e. headers/footers/sig lines/comments from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] Bill, Thanks for bringing that up. I am a newbie kayaker and just bought an Old Town Castine. I am storing it on a sort of shelving system made of 2'x4's in the garage. This puts the boat at car rack level so I can slide it on the car. I have put padding on the wood, but don't know if I should store the boat on the top or the bottom. The people I bought it from recommended traveling with it on the car with the cockpit down, but I have seen other people traveling with the cockpit up. Any suggestions? Peggie Stoddard, NH > I hate to ask for a rehash of an old line of debate, but I need to catch = > up on the best way to store my plastic Perception touring kayak. =20 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Perception plastic problem? What perception plastic problem? Do you really mean a problem specific to Perception, or do you mean a general problem with using plastic as a boat material, regardless of manufacturer? If it's the later, do you really mean "problem", or just the specific characteristics and proper handling methods, as opposed to fiberglass, S&G, Strip, SOF, etc? Regardless, I have a plastic Perception boat. While I'm certainly not an expert on plastic kayaks, I'll chime in with my experience (it was hard not to say "with my perception of the issue). My boat was bought in February of 2000. I store it outside, on a homemade rack. Contact with the rack is 2 pressure treated 2x4s (no padding of any sort), spaced about a third of the boat length from each end. It's also covered with a tarp with a little breathing room. The tarp is mostly for sap and bird dookey. I wipe it down with a UV inhibitor twice yearly. Temps have gotten as low as the teens (rare, but it's gotten that low for a few days) normal winter temps in the mid thirties (or thereabouts), high temps at 100 with high humidity. Been snowed on, iced on, rained on, occassionally gets pelted with hail, falling twigs, pine cones, and I think a wiffleball at least once, but the kids are denying it - hell of a pop fly, though!!! So far, 100% of my paddling has been in salt water. Don't know the exact salinity, but after a few hours on the water with light wind and low waves (ie - the deck not being continually "washed"), the water droplets evaporate and I can actually wipe my hand across the plastic and come up with lots of gritty salt crystals. So, with that in mind, I have had absolutely no problems with the plastic of my boat. I've had no discoloration - at least none to my "perception" (had to throw that in, sorry) - and no problems with warping, oil canning, or anything of the sort. The hull is scraped up pretty good, but whose isn't? That's my 2 cents. If there is a "dreaded Perception Plastic Problem", I'm not experiencing it, or am blind to it if I am experiencing it. But, now that I've said that, I'll pick it up to load it on my truck this weekend, and it will crumble in my hands. Rick - Poquoson, VA *************************************************************************** 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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