Re: [Paddlewise] Doug Lloyd, your Nordkap has a challenger

Hmmm. A 100 pound plus Gulfstream. At least your boat would have some volume
to justify the weight. My Nordkapp is a relatively small-volumed kayak
compared to the average yak in my neck of the woods (it's low profile, narrow,
with fine pointy ends, and makes an olive barrel look like an oil barrel), so
my 100 pound weight would be, and is, a little more incredulous. In other
words, it would be like a repaired, heavy Gulfstream of, say, a 125 pound
variety. Anyway, I doubt anyone will top my boat's weight, regardless of
volume, unless there's some old chopper-gun doubles still out there, with
owners who haven't dislocated their shoulders. :-)

BTW, a properly done fibreglass repair job, and an added fresh gelcoat done
professionally, shouldn't add excessive weight. _My_kayak's weight owes much
of its immoderate heaviness to the extra layers of epoxied cloth I added
wholesale to the inside of the hull to stiffen up the old, limp girl
longitudinally over the decades. Yeah, when my kayak falls over in the outer
islands, it breaks the _trees_ in half.  :-)

Doug Lloyd
Victoria BC

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Steve Holtzman
  Subject: Doug Lloyd, your Nordkap has a challenger


  While talking to some of my paddling buddies today, I mentioned that my
trusty Gulfstream of '98 vintage was going to get a needed repair on the top
deck where a small crack in the FG appeared and that while I was at it, since
the gel coat on the hull was wearing away in several places; I was also going
to have a new coat of gel put on both the hull and the deck. Since this boat
is already heavier than a stock Gulfstream because of previous repairs that I
had to have done, the comments this morning were that when my boat was finally
finished, it would make Doug Lloyd's boat seem light. (LOL)
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