Subject: Re: [baidarka] the boat!
From: Kirk Olsen (kolsen@imaginelan.com)
Date: Tue Dec 11 2001 - 09:42:07 EST
At 09:52 PM 12/10/01 -0600, Wayne wrote:
>Now, how does a person know if their nylon needs shrinking or not? When my
>boat is in a warm room (70 F, 50% relative humidity), it seems perfect-drum
>tight but not overly tight (I hope). I remember it was much looser last
>time I had it in the garage. Can I deduce anything from this, that its too
>tight, too loose, or just right?
My nylon skinned boat is drum tight when warm and dry, it's almost pinchably loose when cold and wet.
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