Why a High Quality Spray Skirt
By Kelly Hilleke
Let’s be Honest, the spray skirt is one of the most important pieces of kayaking gear. Without it your boat would be completely flooded as soon as you hit a wave. You would become extremely unstable and likely flip over instantly, an be unable to roll up with the excessive amount of water in your boat. I should know, as my skirt has imploded four times in the last three days, just surfing a hole. To be fair however, my spray skirt is high quality. Sure, it’s a couple years old, but still does it’s job on a cockpit that it fits. And that’s where I got into trouble.
Let’s be Honest, the spray skirt is one of the most important pieces of kayaking gear. Without it your boat would be completely flooded as soon as you hit a wave. You would become extremely unstable and likely flip over instantly, an be unable to roll up with the excessive amount of water in your boat. I should know, as my skirt has imploded four times in the last three days, just surfing a hole. To be fair however, my spray skirt is high quality. Sure, it’s a couple years old, but still does it’s job on a cockpit that it fits. And that’s where I got into trouble.
I left Colorado in such a rush I didn’t have time make sure my skirt fit the boat I was boring from a friend. So what I did that led to the first day without my skirt imploding was rough the edges of my cockpit using sandpaper. This gives your spray skirt more grip, therefore resulting in less implosion, and a better day in general.
No comments:
Post a Comment