I have found over the years that the best thing for running in an out of the beach is a strip of sail repair cloth stck to the bow and stern and then laminated in a neat run with epoxy mixed with chopped matt this gives a degraeable rubbing strip and saves the bottom of the kayak from getting all the missing bits from the gel coat and it is removeable if you so desire at a later date . The sail cloth being impervious to the resin so uyou end up witha moulded self adhesive rubbing strake in effect. okay likw where I am located in the u.k. with pebble beaches with sharp drop offs to land on and leave from.. may be of some help to someone. chris cook *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Chris wrote: "...the best thing for running in an out of the beach is a strip of sail repair cloth stuck to the bow and stern and then laminated in a neat run with epoxy mixed with chopped matt this gives a degradeable rubbing strip" This sounds like an idea worth trying. Does the sail cloth adhesive fail after a while, or get sand under it? I have recently tried "3M helicopter tape" (see http://www.oceanplanet.com.au/home.html and search repairs, maintenance) and part of the bow section is still hanging on after 6 months, but the stern became ragged very quickly. At $18.70 per metre, don't bother. PT *************************************************************************** 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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