Steve Cramer wrote in news:VzZmg.440$M_7.289
@fe02.lga:

I tried to find some info because I've never heard of the stuff. All the
sites Google pulled up were in the UK, and buying a plastic canoe from a
dealer in the UK if you live in the US can't be clever. Nothing about
Brits, but they're 3K miles from here and you can't even make it a road
trip.

That certainly hasn't seemed to influence the popularity of VCP (or whatever
they're called now), NDK, or P&H kayaks in the U.S.

Personally, I'm always a bit leary of new composite layups touted as the
latest thing since sliced bread since the technology has been proven. Given
that the lifespan of a kayak can easily surpass ten years (my glass VCP
Skerray is 17 years old and still paddles quite nicely) I'd be pretty ****ed
if I bought a new kayak only to find out that the hot new composite layup
delaminates after a couple of years.