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Post by oc1paddlr »

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Post by pblanc »

My guess is the sidewall minicell planks are not glued to the sides, but are held in place with the white cord lacing.

I read somewhere about doing just that in a short article on open boat rolling. Sounded kind of dumb to me not to just glue it in, but what the hey.

I believe those huge deck plates were stock on the MRC Rampage.
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Post by craig »

Yeah , you can glue in D-rings, then lace in the side floatation. It works well. I think it would be hard to get good contact with the foam/adhesive with a very large sheet along the side wall
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Post by ezwater »

Bike tires aside, if anyone seriously wants some carbon fiber in your skid plates, johnrsweet.com has a woven mixture of S-glass and carbon. Remember to bias cut for application.

I think pure S-glass would be better than the S-glass/carbon mix, but maybe the mix will drag a little easier.
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Post by jscottl67 »

That is a high tech West Virginia mountain triathalon boat.

You start with a run, hop in the boat for the river section (obvious enough), then pull over to the bank, give a quick tug on each of the white cords to deploy the wheels through the bottom of the boat, then the "bilge" (as you called it) inflates the tires to the appropriate pressure levels. Those big decks fold up to make spoilers ;)

And those cords are certainly not a fish trap. When the final round of the contest is over, there's always the big dance. And, well, it's better to be busy playing a junk yard bass than wearing a skirt like a kayaker when the banjo fires up. :wink:
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