On Aug 6, 4:34 pm, KingOfTheApes <comandante.ban...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I've thought it about it that way, but the plug works like the cap on
> an empty plastic bottle: Take it out and you can crush it.
>
> So my new kayak was bent when I forgot to put the plug and we sat on
> the wrong place. Luckily the dealer gave us the right advice, which is
> to plug it back on and let the heat expand it. Great!
>
> Another secondary question is, if the kayak stays in the sun should I
> leave the plug on or will it "cook" it? The second time it bent is
> when I was trans****ting it, and I cinched it without the plug and it
> bent again. Same solution as above.
>
> I hear they get bent our of shape when trans****ted on racks with tight
> straps...
>
> Thanks!
Sounds like you bought your kayak at kmart. a piece of crap huh?
I've carried yaks all over the country for thousands of miles while
strapped onto a
rack, I haven't bent one yet.


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