Re: [Paddlewise] Leaky cockpit - spray deck - through hull bolts

Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Leaky cockpit - spray deck - through hull bolts



> Ask for the help from Chillcheater :-)!
>
> They both make jackets with sprayskirts and make
> sprayskirts exactly to your measurements!
>
> See
>
> www.chillcheater.com
>
> Tord
>
Can't second that recommendation.  I have a chillcheater.  It's my favorite 
spray deck.  It's light, drys fast, fits around my chest fine.  But on my 
NDK HV Explorer it's no better then any of the other 4 decks I own.  This is 
likely the fault of the deck coaming design.  There is a wide flare or 
flange where the coaming cuts in.  I believe water gets under the flange 
then finds it's way under the overlapping spray deck.  My tightest spray 
deck is a Brooks whitewater deck that has a sticky rubber substance all 
along the edge. It's a good deck, sometimes hard to put on when hands are 
cold and picks up grains of sand like flypaper - especially when the 
temperature goes up.  I've learned to live with the wet ride.  Soon I'll be 
elligible for British citizenship.

I have a great SnapDragon, reinforced rand, nylon waist and neoprene top 
band.  This is a great spray deck.  Unfortunately it fits a large person and 
an extra large cockpit for  a boat I no longer own.  Anyone on Vancouver 
Island or region who needs something like this can get ahold of me back 
channel.

Gordin Warner 
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