I involuntarily put #20 through a torture test awhile back. #20 is near identical to my Pearl, except slightly bigger.
On the way home from a paddle. I had the misfortune of seeing my freshly built #20, FLY off my truck rack at 60 mph on a blacktop road.
I tie my canoes to my rack, and just used too short of a rope, this time ! (Last time !)
The canoe lifted up and flipped, landing on the bow, and skidded down the blacktop, right side up.
Lucky for me, only one other vehicle was near by. He stopped to help, I even knew him..
To my surprise, the only damage was a small split of the gunnel from the hull at the bow, and some light road rash on the bottom!
I consider myself VERY LUCKY !
I'm sold on double layering the bottoms of my hulls.
I will post pictures of the repair in progress tomorrow
Jim
PS. Don't try this at home !
On the way home from a paddle. I had the misfortune of seeing my freshly built #20, FLY off my truck rack at 60 mph on a blacktop road.
I tie my canoes to my rack, and just used too short of a rope, this time ! (Last time !)
The canoe lifted up and flipped, landing on the bow, and skidded down the blacktop, right side up.
Lucky for me, only one other vehicle was near by. He stopped to help, I even knew him..
To my surprise, the only damage was a small split of the gunnel from the hull at the bow, and some light road rash on the bottom!
I consider myself VERY LUCKY !
I'm sold on double layering the bottoms of my hulls.
I will post pictures of the repair in progress tomorrow
Jim
PS. Don't try this at home !