Re: [Paddlewise] Keelguard?

Brian Day had a great article in Sea Kayaker Magazine two issues back. I'd 
been meaning to write a similar article after doing the same modification to 
my wife's kayak, but health got in the way - and now someone has beaten me 
to the punch (however, it was well written and the process fairly well 
documented in Brian's article).

My own kayak sports a full-length marine plastic keel runner (similar to the 
Seaward kayak's 12" section at the rear, but in my case, I ran it the full 
17', bow to stern). Adding these type of more involved modifications is a 
lot of work to do it safely and effectively. I think the 
epoxy/glass-tape/gelcoat methodology makes far more sense.

Doug Lloyd
Victoria BC