Re: [Paddlewise] Fiberglass maintenance on canoe

From: Bruce Stromberg <bstromberg3_at_comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:01:32 -0600
This is a great description. Thank you and thanks to all the other good 
replies given.

What's sad/funny is the 2nd time I drove into the garage with the canoe. 
It was this past New Year's Day and I had been on the 19th annual paddle 
on the north branch of the Chicago River. Some other people had put the 
canoe on the Trooper and I didn't notice it was stern forward. So...not 
only do I have mirror images side to side, I have them front to back. :-(

Thanks again.

Bruce

Matt Broze wrote:
> When gelcoated fiberglass is bent with the gelcoat to the outside of the
> bend, at some point the tension on the outside of the gelcoat becomes more
> than the gelcoat can withstand. The result is fine cracks mostly parallel to
> each other something like 3/16 to 1/4 inch apart. 
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