RE: [Paddlewise] Marinerish???

My Outrage II WW kayak zipped open for 6 to 8 inches on the bottom under the bow foam pillar when I ran over something jagged in the river. Had the cloth lay-up not been so perfectly square, with each and every layer lined up perfectly, that zipper effect wouldn't have happened.
 
The Polaris II fits very large paddlers. I'm 6' tall with a long back and long arms but being used to kayaks much narrower in the paddling area I had a problem with constantly barking my knuckles on the high wide gunnels when test paddling the 25.5" wide Polaris II.
 
> CC: marinerkayaks_at_msn.com; paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
> From: jdesbrow_at_sbcglobal.net
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Marinerish???
> Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 23:12:42 -0800
> To: marksanders_at_sandmarks.net
> 
> My Polaris ended up with Ed Gillette after it was t-boned in
> Mexico and split on the bottom of the hull. I traded it in for my Tesla. I had many miles on my Polaris. No bulkheads. No hatches. Large volume. 
> 
> John Desbrow 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Feb 9, 2014, at 10:46 PM, Mark Sanders <marksanders_at_sandmarks.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 2/9/2014 9:57 PM, MATT MARINER BROZE wrote:
> >> Perhaps this is what made you think "Marinerish" when you saw it, no large hatches or bulkheads. I'd like to think is was also the smooth clean lines of the Polaris II.
> > Yes, that's what I was thinking. The boat doesn't really appear Swede-form, but it's hard to tell from the photo. I had fun cleaning up my last Mariner find before turning it over to a new owner who has continued to bring it back to a new life. Thought I might have another chance here.
> > And I always enjoy the free history lessons here when I ask about an old Mariner!!
> > 
> > Mark Sanders
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