Brian wrote: "a few deep chips/scratches in the gel coat " I fill any deep scratches with flow coat after preparing the surface. This is mainly to avoid other paddlers making adverse comments about the boat, rather than any structural need. "The black strip that covers the deck-to-hull seam is chipped or scraped away in several locations. What is this material? " On my boat, at least, the outer surface is gel coat, and is repaired with flow coat, as for the deep hull scratches. "The deck lines ..." I'd go for replacing these with braided low stretch cord, but increase it to 6 mm or 8 mm, much easier to grip without cutting into your wet soft fingers. "Also, how tight should I make the deck lines?" Firm enough to lie close to the deck, but just slack enough to get a hand under anywhere. "the hatch covers..." I'd replace these. A blown hatch cover in surf or a capsize is a big disaster. "the rear hatch is missing the elastic bungie..." 6 mm bungie, sewn and whipped together with about a 1" overlap. Just ideas. Cheers, 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Apr 29 2003 - 17:20:05 PDT
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