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Re: Strip: Why I Like Strip Kayaks
By:Bryan Hansel
Date: 4/28/2011, 10:46 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Why I Like Strip Kayaks (Bill Hamm)

: I only have bought used production kayaks, usually well used, so
: one I'm not paying alot and two all the bugs have already been
: worked out by someone else. In my opinion the brand you didn't
: mention, which I have a pretty good idea of who they are, has
: had their quality control go to heck in the past several years.
: Back when they were really famous it wasn't awful, but the
: contruction still was resin rich and the gelcoat awfully thick.

I've had good luck with new and better with used until this boat. I don't think I'll ever sell my 16-foot kayak that I have from the same company. I bought that one used. The hatches do leak, because it's one of the old ones and they installed the hatches with pop rivets in addition to goop. I just need to drill the rivets and fill the holes to fix the issue, but it doesn't seem to be a big issue. It's from '98 and has no spider cracks and I've landed it in surf on rocks. I beat the snot out of it. It weighs a ton, but they don't make 'em strong like that anymore.

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Strip: Why I Like Strip Kayaks *PIC*
Bryan Hansel -- 4/27/2011, 10:26 pm
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Glen Smith -- 4/27/2011, 10:59 pm
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 4/28/2011, 5:10 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/28/2011, 7:22 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/28/2011, 10:46 am
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Clayton Plunkett -- 4/28/2011, 9:31 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/28/2011, 10:48 am
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mtkayak (Mike Trutwin) -- 4/28/2011, 9:52 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/28/2011, 10:42 am
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Reg Lake -- 4/28/2011, 10:26 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/28/2011, 10:40 am
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Reg Lake -- 4/28/2011, 11:40 am
Whoops! that reply was intended for Malcolm *NM*
Reg Lake -- 4/28/2011, 11:41 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/28/2011, 11:30 am
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Eric -- 4/28/2011, 12:40 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 4/28/2011, 12:48 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 4/28/2011, 7:41 pm
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dave g -- 4/29/2011, 12:39 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2011, 7:22 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 4/29/2011, 9:10 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/29/2011, 9:35 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 4/29/2011, 5:28 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/30/2011, 7:17 am
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Al Edie -- 4/29/2011, 9:26 pm