"Bob Carter" <revkayak_at_aptalaska.net> wrote: > One good trick to buying a used fiberglass boat is to take a flashlight. > Shine the light on the scratches from inside the hull. If you see a spider > web pattern flowing out from the scratched area this is an indication of > possible structural damage to the boat and you may want to reconsider > buying Good advice. The first sea kayak I owned I bought from a guy who had oil canned it in big surf near Cape Flattery. The manufacturer had made a "repair" on the underside of the deck ... which I peel off with a putty knife (!!) ... and within a month or so, aside from a re-do of the deck repair, I had to re-do the hull deck seams in the central third of the boat, and remove and replace the "deck putty" which held the cockpit to the deck. If the Rev Bob had been there, I probably would have saved my money for a better investment. Oh, yeah, a year later I sold the now-repaired boat for the same dollars I paid for it. That guy got a sound boat, at least. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Jan 22 2005 - 12:32:52 PST
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