> Btw, on my way back Kahuna's Urethane hull has mysteriously gained 10 (!) > extra lbs, even after 7 hours of drying (I suspect it was also a foam > padding in the Feathercraft backpack). It took them (hull + backpack) 24 > hours of living room drying to return back to normal weight. Of course, > Alaska Air coudln't miss the opportunity and whacked me with their > over-weight $25 charge. > Alex. You have no real appreciation of increased weight of a folding kayak until you pack away a sogging wet cotton canvas decked double Klepper into its several canvas bags that got soak in the downpour you were disassembling the boat in. I guess the only worse situation I ever had was once leaving one assembled on the roof of my minivan overnight when a torrential rainstorm hit. I had left the long open cockpit uncovered. In the morning my minivan was down on its springs looking like one of those customized low slung street dragsters. I had to bail it out by climbing up on one tire until the man of the household I was visting, a Burl Ives looking type, muscled the boat off the roof. Luckily the wooden frame took the stress of being shifted around well. ralph diaz-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 1365, Highland, NY 12528 Tel: 845-255-7742; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Jan 09 2004 - 05:54:20 PST
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