Subject: Re: [baidarka] Distance.
From: Douglas and Leticia (huftdecruz@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Sep 28 2001 - 00:34:49 EDT
on 9/27/01 6:44 PM, mark reuten at clinker@look.ca wrote:
> 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
I prefer the cheap black colored plastic duct tape (fake gaffers tape) that
is the same color as my neoprene painted hulls. It works better than the
high quality cotton gaffers tape found on movie sets and in theatres since
it does not get soggy.
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