----- Original Message ----- From: "Emile Zen" <emilezen_at_yahoo.com> > ralph diaz <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com> wrote: > Dubside from Philadelphia was at the NY Kayak Shop two weeks ago and did > about15 different roles > > Ralph, et al: > > Do you know if the sponsons were fully inflated? I'm wondering if it would be better (for learning or demonstration purposes) NOT to have them fully inflated. Is there a risk that the skin will slip out of the coming? The sponsons were fully inflated. Given the colder temperatures of the water vs the air at the time, the sponsons would have deflated some when in contact with the water. But Dubside does all his rolling tricks even in the summer in New Jersey waters that probably hit 75 to 80 degrees, so sponsons are definitely not inflated. I don't believe the coaming on the Kahuna and K-Light will come off nowadays. The connection is much more positive in that area than it was previous to about 1995 or 1996 when they made changes. The skin beaded hem that fits into the groove in the coaming has been greatly improved. Years ago, the coaming conceivably might have come off under the body contortions of rolling but not now. ralph *************************************************************************** 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 Thu May 29 2003 - 05:45:20 PDT
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