Re: [Paddlewise] My Great White Shark Attack Report

From: Elias Ross <genman_at_noderunner.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 11:58:04 -0700
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Duane Strosaker <strosaker_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Kayakers,
>
> I'm not sure if this will be good or bad for the kayaking business in
> California:
>
> http://www.rollordrown.com/shark.htm

Scary. Still, it doesn't look like even a 15' great white shark made
much of a dent in the boat. Maybe he or she wasn't biting down too
hard? A little bit of sanding, epoxy, and a couple coats of paint and
you should be good to go out again.

Do you think this could be a selling point for a fiberglass plywood
core kayak over a regular non-core fiberglass kayak? I suspect a
regular fiberglass boat would just crunch. Maybe a roto-molded plastic
boat would collapse or be easily cut by teeth?
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