What have you done for your boat lately?

Jake Watrous

Jake Watrous

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rotato said:
Was it glue starved?
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No, the wood delaminated from itself--like when you open a bag of chips by pulling two parts of the bag. Weirdest thing i've ever seen. Definitely not epoxy starved, and the strips, when they blew apart, peeled their neighbors with them which indicates they were glued well to their neighbors.
 
rotato

rotato

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Jake Watrous said:
No, the wood delaminated from itself--like when you open a bag of chips by pulling two parts of the bag. Weirdest thing i've ever seen. Definitely not epoxy starved, and the strips, when they blew apart, peeled their neighbors with them which indicates they were glued well to their neighbors.
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Wow weird,
friggin boats
i am not trying to be critical, just curious

maybe timber stress?
cheers
 
Jake Watrous

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Maybe, but I can't imagine how or why. Boat hasn't hit anything , and hasn't been used roughly or in rough water.

And, no criticism detected. I had that same thought when I first saw it.
 
Wayne Kohan

Wayne Kohan

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I just bought a 100 ft spool of 1/2 inch nylon braid for anchor rope. I have a 12ft Koeffler whitewater pram. It has 35 feet of anchor rope in the back, still in good shape, but I think it is 3/8 inch as my new rope looks thicker. In the front I had about 25 feet of cheap rope and it was definitely too short for some anchoring positions. Does 50 feet front and back sound about right you think? My fear of having too much is that I have to wrap it up each time after I use it and it will be more likely to get in the way. I usually just leave it in loose coils on the floor of the boat and my fly line does tend to find it at times and wrap up in it.
 
Jake Watrous

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Wayne Kohan said:
I just bought a 100 ft spool of 1/2 inch nylon braid for anchor rope. I have a 12ft Koeffler whitewater pram. It has 35 feet of anchor rope in the back, still in good shape, but I think it is 3/8 inch as my new rope looks thicker. In the front I had about 25 feet of cheap rope and it was definitely too short for some anchoring positions. Does 50 feet front and back sound about right you think? My fear of having too much is that I have to wrap it up each time after I use it and it will be more likely to get in the way. I usually just leave it in loose coils on the floor of the boat and my fly line does tend to find it at times and wrap up in it.
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Depends on where you're dropping anchor. If I recall from my sailing days, it was usually the goal to have 3-8x line than the water depth.
 
SurfnFish

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Wayne Kohan said:
I just bought a 100 ft spool of 1/2 inch nylon braid for anchor rope. I have a 12ft Koeffler whitewater pram. It has 35 feet of anchor rope in the back, still in good shape, but I think it is 3/8 inch as my new rope looks thicker. In the front I had about 25 feet of cheap rope and it was definitely too short for some anchoring positions. Does 50 feet front and back sound about right you think? My fear of having too much is that I have to wrap it up each time after I use it and it will be more likely to get in the way. I usually just leave it in loose coils on the floor of the boat and my fly line does tend to find it at times and wrap up in it.
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congrats on owning one of the finest prams made...extra rope all about line management. One of my go to's for such...apply some caulking to the bottom of a 3 1/2 gallon plastic bucket with handle removed and holes drilled in the bottom 'corners', adhere to one corner of the bow area out of the way...pull the stored coiled rope out as needed, coil back in when not. Bucket easy to remove with a good tug.
 
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