Thanks - the inside is yellowish, so I suppose it is kevlar on the inside. I emailed CD and am waiting for response to confirm.

The area I am thinking is inside the cockpit so very easy access. I have already extended my rack - now the cradles fall under each bulkhead and transport is not a problem. But I would like it a little shorter for other reasons. Before the cradles were pretty much where the soft spot is now, but I did not cause it - the previous owner did (my rack has cradles that without extension fall under that area not directly at it and the straps do not even touch there, so I could not have caused it- but he apparently caused the softness it by transporting the boat sideways there).

Thanks - so a thin layer of E-glass? or Carbon? or Kevlar? What do you think is best to use for this purpose? I get your point about overstiffening this area and creating stress points, so I won't go thick, but I wonder what material I should use for the cloth...

: Well, what color is the boat? With CD's boats usually the kevlar is on the
: inside and it's a golden color (kinda yellow), most glass boats insides
: are white.

: Btw, the Extreme is a really cool boat, just paddled the new version (Nomad)
: a couple weeks ago. Wish my local dealer would get one so I could take the
: lines off it, would make a nice stripper

: I'd use a solvent to remove any wax etc. from the inside first, then
: carefully abrade that surface and lay up the patch on the inside. The back
: patch I'd imagine would be a royal PITA as it's likely behind the bulkhead
: so you'll be working thru a hatch for access. Trust me, you don't want to
: sand into the kevlar, makes a mess you don't want. Luckily these boats are
: laminated with polyester resin so the solvent will soften it so the epoxy
: will stick. I wouldn't add alot of thickness to the patch as it would
: create a hard spot that the rest of the hull will flex around which can
: cause more problems.

: I'd also figure out a way to carry the boat that gets the cradles further
: apart, you don't want to have to do this again. Look at Tom Yost's site
: and see his rack extender ideas.

: Bill H.