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Metal Skid Plates
By:BillS
Date: 5/30/2000, 1:08 pm

Has anyone tried using metal skid plates? I was down in Mexico and came across a place which had kayaks with aluminum skid plates (only on their older fiberglass boats). They seemed to think that since their Catamarans had them why not the kayaks.

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Metal Skid Plates
BillS -- 5/30/2000, 1:08 pm
Re: Metal Skid Plates *Pic*
Eric Schade (Shearwater Boats) -- 5/31/2000, 8:19 pm
Bow wow wow, how?
mike allen ---> -- 6/1/2000, 6:17 pm
stealth rudder (TOP SECRET) sshh!! *Pic*
Eric Schade (Shearwater Boats) -- 6/1/2000, 7:41 pm
I ain't sayin' nuttin'...
mike allen ---> -- 6/2/2000, 12:02 pm
Re: Skid Plates
Paul G. Jacobson -- 5/31/2000, 5:19 pm
Re: titanium abrasion strips
Dean Trexel -- 5/30/2000, 8:35 pm
Re: on second thought - bad idea
Dean Trexel -- 5/30/2000, 9:20 pm
Re: dynel or UHMWPE?
lee -- 5/30/2000, 10:55 pm
Re: titanium abrasion strips
John B. -- 5/30/2000, 8:44 pm
Brass keel
Pete Roszyk -- 5/30/2000, 7:49 pm
Re: Brass keel
Mike Nicholson -- 5/30/2000, 9:36 pm
Re: Brass keel- Installation??
John B. -- 5/30/2000, 8:36 pm
Brass keel Installation *Pic*
Pete Roszyk -- 5/31/2000, 9:43 am
Re: Brass keel Installation
John B. -- 5/31/2000, 1:40 pm
Re: Brass keel
lee -- 5/30/2000, 8:09 pm