RE: [Paddlewise] Fwd: Re: Brittle!

From: Mark Sanders <sandmarks_at_ca.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 07:14:02 -0700
Nice series of photos!

Mark Sanders

-----Original Message-----



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."
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