Subject: Re: [baidarka] baidarka-digest V1 #476
From: Hendrik Maroske (HMaroske@exmail.de)
Date: Tue Oct 02 2001 - 12:55:56 EDT
Hi and greetings to you all,
> Rob (Brewery Creek Boat Shop) recently had a Japanese customer build a
> baidarka and do a solo trip from Vancouver to Skagway AK. in 68 days. He
> laid a strip of ducktape over any heavy wear areas on his hypalon coated
> skin and the boat looks as if it has never been used. This has no relevance
> to your question but I thought it might spark up yet another spin-off topic.
> Mark Reuten
on my PVC coated baidarkas, any duct tapes fell off after a few days of
paddling and left behind an ugly dark smear that was difficult to remove.
I do well remember the duct tape I used to seal the zipper on the baidarka
I took to Vancouver Island; for a few days it was fine, then it started
to loosen, and after I got home it just was a mess. Since then, I have cut
1-inch tape out of the PVC that I used for the skins, glued it on, and
_that_ has lasted for years now. I've been out with the baidarka last
sunday, and the only thing showing its age it the cover of the Henderson
pump, a white plastic part, having become yellow now, it has been on all
my baidarkas, so no wonder anyway... and then there's the paddler,
having a thick muscle ache in his legs (!)...
Cheers
Hendrik
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