> If it's an SOT, it's most likely plastic. And if it's plastic -- and if > it's 36 years old, for pete's sake -- I believe it was the Paddler who is 36 years old rather than the boat. -- and I don't think SOTs have been around that long anyway... As I mentioned; Hobie currently makes such an SOT with a window. It is of a different kind of plastic and was probably sealed into a pre-molded aperture. The article mentioned the paddler's surmise that this was the source of the leakage. > Plastic doesn't age gracefully. > It cracks, it breaks and, apparently, it sinks. Sorta. There were a coupla Holloform kayaks around here (essentially the first plastic molded kayaks) and they all have literally fallen to pieces -- tiny 1/4-1/2 inch pieces. One on the floor in an old shed looked like the prototype of those mummy/vampire movies where it was all flat and just the outline... >But it's off to the deep ocean on its first launch. The whole thing sounds bogus. ????? Joe P. *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Aug 13 2007 - 08:24:39 PDT
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