G'Day, I'm going with the balance of recommendation to not bother with hatches, which was also my preference because of the cleaner lines of the unhatched boat, slightly faster assembly speed and less risk of leakage. Leakage correlates with drying time for me so thats a major consideration. I learn't today that there is an organisation, which for a small price will plant the exact number of trees to compensate for the CO2 from my car, it is infinitely cheaper than the Kahuna and public transport but I've grown to really enjoy public transport:~). So I ordered the boat anyway (it is very comfortable) and expect to be on the water in a Kahuna in a few weeks. Thanks everyone for all the advice, which has been coming to me for more than a year when I first started to think about this. This leaves the last, most critical and difficult question. How do I apply the boats name to the fabric? (I never did this for the Klepper - but it still has a name.) All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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 Oct 02 2003 - 05:37:35 PDT
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