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Re: tape in cockpit?
Posted by LeeG on Mar 24, 2005
No it wouldn't do. But I'd be confused thinking a $1000 Arctic Hawk with 4oz cloth over cockpit fillets wasn't subject to a .4% chance of the hull "unzipping" but a 17Lt with 6oz cloth over the cockpit fillets was. Likewise if cockpit glass was a good idea why isn't it a good idea in the large flat area of the aft compartment of a 17Lt. When entering a kayak at the waters edge you sit with all your weight on the aft edge of the coaming. The odds are equal that a half submerged stick on the sandy beach (sheltered put-in like Pier7) could be 12" in front of the aft bulkhead or 12" behind. If it's in front there's no sounds of cracking okoume,,if it's in back there will be sounds of cracking Okoume. Of course cracking okoume doesn't mean risk of catastrophic failure like unzipping. But I've never heard or seen of such a failure from entering a kayak or running up onto rocks. Is it possible your experience of a hull unzipping was with an unfinished hull?
In Response to: Re: tape in cockpit? by CLC on Mar 23, 2005
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- Re: tape in cockpit? by Peter on Mar 24, 2005
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Re: tape in cockpit? by Scot on Mar 24, 2005
- Re: tape in cockpit? by LeeG on Mar 24, 2005
- Re: tape in cockpit? by Scot on Mar 24, 2005
- Re: tape in cockpit? by LeeG on Mar 25, 2005
- Re: tape in cockpit? by Scot on Mar 24, 2005
- Re: tape in cockpit? by Peter on Mar 24, 2005
- Re: tape in cockpit? by LeeG on Mar 24, 2005
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Re: tape in cockpit? by Scot on Mar 24, 2005
- Careful. by CLC on Mar 24, 2005
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Proven to Work. by Howard on Mar 24, 2005
- Kayak Kit Epistemology by CLC on Mar 24, 2005
- Re: Kayak Kit Epistemolog by Scot on Mar 24, 2005
- Re: Proven to Work. by LeeG on Mar 24, 2005
- Kayak Kit Epistemology by CLC on Mar 24, 2005
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Re: Careful. by LeeG on Mar 24, 2005
- Re: Careful. by Mark Camp on Mar 25, 2005
- don't got no calculator by LeeG on Mar 25, 2005
- Re: don't got no calculat by J.Schott on Mar 25, 2005
- Re: don't got no calculat by LeeG on Mar 25, 2005
- Re: don't got no calculat by J.Schott on Mar 25, 2005
- don't got no calculator by LeeG on Mar 25, 2005
- Re: Careful. by Mark Camp on Mar 25, 2005
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Proven to Work. by Howard on Mar 24, 2005