NDK Explorers are tough, but surfing five foot swell at Wesport mine was lowered onto a bit of something we never saw. It cracked the gellcoat on top and, where the hull flexed, on the bottom as well. I now carry a large float bag in my day hatch. http://www.apgar.com/040430_gallery.htm Following a little touch-up, it has given good service on the open coast for years. Roy "At least in as much as he likes his kayaks easily field repairable so that punctured hull damage limits itself too a small focused area easily patched, as opposed to a long sinewy crack that other hull matrix combinations might yield. In fact, I haven't seen too many NDk's ever get holed in the first place anyway, come to think of it. Err, I haven't heard of any, more precisely." *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Apr 08 2008 - 04:35:45 PDT
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