If you are interested in the whole history of fiberglas boatbuilding, there is an excellent book out there called "Heart of Glass." It's mostly about the "big boat" builders, but I seem to remember reading that somewhere along the way the military tried to simulate the ageing process for fiberglass and found no significant deterioration after a simulated 400 years or so. I think you need to keep the UV off your boat to get these kinds of results, as well as keep your boat off the rocks! Your individual mileage may vary. But a fiberglas kayak stored indoors out of the water when not in use should last either forever or until you wear holes in the bottom through beach landings, whichever comes first. --Karl Coplan *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Sep 10 2003 - 07:15:12 PDT
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