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Re: Rotomoulded Kayak storage
By:Ross Leidy
Date: 6/13/1999, 6:07 pm
In Response To: Rotomoulded Kayak storage (Doug Nelson)

Rotomolded kayaks are particularly susceptible to distortion from heat. Definitely suspend your slings at about a 1/3 of the way in from the ends. Also, it's best to store the boat on it's side; there's less flex that way.

> My girlfriend and I just purchaced rotomoulded touring kayaks, and I am
> trying to figure out how to store them, as I know virtually nothing about
> kayaks, so far. I did a search on the internet, and came up with two
> conflicting pieces of advice.....One, on the dagger site said to store in
> slings approx 2' each side of the cockpit, and specifically said NOT to
> hang by the handles on the end. The second was on this bulletin board,
> where replys were made to someone concerned about storage temperature, and
> the advice was to hang by the end handles to reduce distortion. Any
> opinions out there??

> Doug.

Messages In This Thread

Rotomoulded Kayak storage
Doug Nelson -- 6/13/1999, 2:22 am
Re: Rotomoulded Kayak storage
Ross Leidy -- 6/13/1999, 6:07 pm