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Other: scratches on our beautiful boats
By:dave mckinney
Date: 10/3/2011, 4:01 pm

Hi All,
Finished my OUter Island three years ago and use it all the time, at least once a week in the warm months, and usually get about three to four camping trips per season also. Upon returning from my last four day trip on Lake Kabetogama on the Canadian border I needed to look at the hatches to see why they leak so much, when I noticed the amount of scratches on the bottom. No loss of watertight integrity mind you, but there just arent alot of beaches in the upper midwest. I have to say even though I cringe every time I hear a scrape,
I have learned to live with scratches and the best I can do to accept them is to think of them as badges of honor or battle scars, because its not always possible to have a nice launch in 6" of water or land on a soft sand beach. Just wondering what you other builders out there do to avoid/deal with using your boat.

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Other: scratches on our beautiful boats
dave mckinney -- 10/3/2011, 4:01 pm
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Josh Blumberg -- 10/3/2011, 4:14 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 10/3/2011, 5:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/4/2011, 2:17 am
Scratches on our beautiful boats
Jay Babina -- 10/4/2011, 9:08 am
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Etienne Muller -- 10/3/2011, 6:15 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 10/3/2011, 6:21 pm
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Bryan Kapteyn -- 10/4/2011, 4:34 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 10/4/2011, 4:37 pm
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 10/3/2011, 6:45 pm
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Eric M. -- 10/3/2011, 7:02 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 10/3/2011, 7:09 pm
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Glen Smith -- 10/3/2011, 7:13 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 10/3/2011, 7:28 pm
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Glen Smith -- 10/3/2011, 7:55 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/4/2011, 2:22 am
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Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 10/5/2011, 2:44 pm
I rarely get scratches in a SOF . . . just sayin *NM*
Dave Gentry -- 10/3/2011, 7:20 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 10/4/2011, 11:42 pm
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Les Cheeseman -- 10/4/2011, 4:14 am
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Yostwerks -- 10/4/2011, 12:32 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 10/5/2011, 12:02 pm
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StephenHJ -- 10/5/2011, 2:10 pm
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Kirk Fredericks - Farback Carpentry and Automation -- 10/5/2011, 6:52 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 10/8/2011, 11:36 am