Re: [Paddlewise] Kayak Trials at Trial Island - Part Two

I think we've talked about this before. I certainly haven't had good success 
with the VCP ones the last few years - they just totally disintegrate after 
a few initial cracks. Yet, the Forager I bought was stored indorrs, high in 
the garage out of the sun and the VCP hatches are fine. I've got new hatches 
awaiting instal on another boat of mine, and yes, I bought KajakSport ones.


> My experience is the opposite
>
> I have never had trouble with Kajak and they are completely air tight
> (I have 12 of them for 5 years)
>
> I have friends with Valley hatch rubber cracking after a couple of
> years.
>
>
> So I am a big fan of the Kajak
>
>
> On Feb 29, 2008, at 01:20 AM, Doug Lloyd wrote:
>
>> The Valley hatches are still the best out there, expensive to
>> replace, and are not offered in the same variety of sizes as the
>> KajakSport units.
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