Thanks, Dee! I will be ramming the hull up onto the rocks tomorrow morning (Wed). I will be sure to let you know how the HBN holds out. I did ram the VJ over some logs last weekend when I did the first paddle of the year thingy. The HBN held up just as well as the graphite powder always has. The HBN coating does show more stains from whatever I ran over whereas the black of the graphite would have hid the marks. That said, the scuff marks just make the VJ look like she is being well used.

Robert N Pruden