Joe - while your boat "might slip through the water much more easily and with less energy output", you better hope no one has to come to your rescue or assistance, because your boat will be very difficult to hold on to - sort of like a greased pig. Try a self-rescue and see what happens. Nancy K. --------------------------------------------- Rescue practice is essential in the event your kayak wishes to be in the upper position with you in the lower. [demime 1.01e removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name of image001.jpg] *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
303 remains a very useful product for paddlers. As a UV protectant it's still desirable where needed for this purpose. It certainly prolongs the life of drysuit gaskets. As opposed to something like Armorall which was touted in previous years, it's not petroleum based so isn't a potential pollutant of the water you're paddling in. --And when I have a coating of it on my boat it seems to slip through the water much more easily and with less enrgy output on my part. Joe P. > I have always heard ( and repeated) that 303 > > is an effective product especially for rubber hatches and poly kayaks. > > I have used it for numerous years, but never really did a test to look > > for differences. Is there new thinking on the use of 303 and/or UV > > protecting waxes? > > No. OTOH, it is of limited value on fiberglass, which if pigmented, has > its own UV protection. On rubber and stuff like Hypalon, it is useful. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
[Please remove all old content that is not pertinent to your reply including old headers and footers. It's list policy.... this post was modified to meet policy] From: "Nancy Koeppen" <nkoeppen_at_lsol.net> > Joe - while your boat "might slip through the water much more easily and > with less energy output", you better hope no one has to come to your > rescue or assistance, because your boat will be very difficult to hold on to - > sort of like a greased pig. Try a self-rescue and see what happens. Hey Nancy, --------- I have always kept my kevlar hull well 303'd and it never gave me the "greased pig" act when demonstrating self rescues. Are you thinking about the rare boat that has no life lines or deck bungees? Ol' Dave *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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