On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:53 PM, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote: > . Next life I'm just gonna buy 10 Nordkapp plastic kayaks and pull one out > for new use every third season. Now, there's a line to warm the hearts of kayak manufacturers everywhere. God knows that plastic kayaks can withstand more Doug Lloydian adventures than fiberglass or even kevlar. Maybe plywood impregnated with epoxy and covered with fiberglass will fare better. I'm pretty sure we'll know the answer to that soon. I'm sure plastic is getting better. It's clearly superior to almost anything else for white water and creekboating. Oddly enough, I don't mind the esthetics of plastic for my w/w boats but for sea kayaks it just doesn't look... well... right. The Coaster I just bought is riddled with dings and will require several hours of grinding (I just bought a new disk for my grinder) and fiberglassing and gelcoat repair to get it ready for open water. If it had been plastic there probably would be other issues but gelcoat repair sure wouldn't be one of them. Maybe we should encase our rock garden boats in plastic. <grin> Does anyone even make a Nordkapp in plastic? Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Feb 28 2008 - 08:42:34 PST
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