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Sanding plastic hulls
I have a Walden Passage that I use as a touring boat (river and
coastal), now two or three years old. The hull's in pretty good shape (the boat's stored carefully in a barn when not in use) but has accrued the expected measure of surface abrasion one would anticipate in a boat that's used fairly regularly, not always at all gently! I'm considering going over the hull lightly with a very fine emery paper, as I'd guess the surface roughness has a small but measurable impact on performance. My intention is to remove a minimal amount of plastic and then hit it all with a coat of UV protector. Good idea or bad? Thanks to those that answered my question regarding paddling in the Pemaquid area of Maine. I ended up soloing, with some interesting estuarine day trips of up to twenty miles or so, as well as some more exposed paddling to the islands. I managed to avoid getting in hot (or cold) water. My schedule was somewhat erratic so matching with someone else might have been tricky. Ted |
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Sanding plastic hulls
Edward Ripley-Duggan wrote: I have a Walden Passage that I use as a touring boat (river and coastal), now two or three years old. The hull's in pretty good shape (the boat's stored carefully in a barn when not in use) but has accrued the expected measure of surface abrasion one would anticipate in a boat that's used fairly regularly, not always at all gently! I'm considering going over the hull lightly with a very fine emery paper, as I'd guess the surface roughness has a small but measurable impact on performance. My intention is to remove a minimal amount of plastic and then hit it all with a coat of UV protector. Good idea or bad? Don't waste your time, as there's no real benefit to it. Go paddling instead. -- Regards Brian |
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Sanding plastic hulls
From: Edward Ripley-Duggan Newsgroups: rec.boats.paddle.touring Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:26:50 GMT Subject: Sanding plastic hulls I have a Walden Passage that I use as a touring boat (river and coastal), now two or three years old. The hull's in pretty good shape (the boat's stored carefully in a barn when not in use) but has accrued the expected measure of surface abrasion one would anticipate in a boat that's used fairly regularly, not always at all gently! I'm considering going over the hull lightly with a very fine emery paper, as I'd guess the surface roughness has a small but measurable impact on performance. My intention is to remove a minimal amount of plastic and then hit it all with a coat of UV protector. Good idea or bad? It's not really worth the time and effort. Your time would be better spent on the water. If you want to take down some of the hair with minimal effort, make a pass or two over the particularly hairy parts with a heat gun or just shave off the big curls with a razor and call it done. |
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