: Relaunched 'the raisin' with new polyester + Zar skin yesterday at Belews
: Lake.

: Bad thing is that the skin wrinkled AGAIN after I took so many pains to sew
: the polyester on as tightly as possible (gives new meaning to "drum
: tight" as it was starting to distort the frame). After the second
: coat of Zar, it wrinkled up, just like last time (although I didn't use
: Zar for the first skin). I think the problem is that I have been recoating
: it too soon, although I've followed the directions on the can in both
: cases. The deck did tighten up after a couple of days, but the hull has
: not. I'll give it a few weeks to see if things improve before I reskin it
: for a third time..... At least the satin poly helps hide the wrinkles a
: bit.

: As far as paddling goes, it performed well on the lake. Its a damp ride when
: the chop is 10-12" or more. Its quick, quicker than I have the
: strength to paddle it. The only handling issue is when the chop is
: quartering from behind, the bow tends to get pushed around easily. I've
: not paddled other kayaks enough in chop to know if this is par for the
: course or not, but it was a bit annoying since I was tired and trying to
: get back to the parking lot. Overall I'm happy with it, now if I could
: only get a handle on the d@$# skin!

What polyester did you use to cover it?

Bill H.