My canoeing partner has a single outrigger with stress cracks along the sides of the seat. The current designs factory told him the stress cracks were not a problem, the hull isn't leaking and the fiberglass/carbon underneath appears to be okay. The gel coat cracks are from the hull flexing a little, not from any impacts. So there's a manufacturer claiming it's not a problem... As for ramming your boat into the garage, you simply need more gear in your garage so you can't park in it anymore. Kirk On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 14:43:35 -0600, "Bruce Stromberg" <bstromberg3_at_comcast.net> said: > One 2 occasions, I've driven into the garage, having forgotten to take > my canoe off first. I know I know; don't lecture me. > > It's a fiberglass (fiberlar?) Bell Wildfire. At first, it didn't appear > to have any damage, like the boat had gotten squeezed, and had only > received some nice paint streaks. Now I can tell there are almost > symmetrical stress lines on both sides of the inside of the hull. On the > outside of the hull, the gel coat is just barely cracked along parts of > the stress lines. The hull does not leak. > > I don't know if I can just leave it alone until the gel coat gets more > cracked/loose, or if it's just a gel coat thing to mess with, or if it's > major glass work. > > Has anyone else had this happen and can give me an idea of how bad this > might be? -- Kirk Olsen *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Mar 08 2005 - 06:24:21 PST
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