: Hi there,

: Just got back from a Baja Sea Kayaking trip with Columbia River Kayaking (see
: link below). It was such a nice experience that I decided to get back to
: finishing my Night Heron after a shameful year and half of procrastination
: after almost finishing it at Nick's great class in Maine.

: Okay, so here is the problem: Shortly after Nick's class, I did my end pours.
: Put kayak on ends into a bucket of water and everything seemed fine. Until
: I stored the kayak away and heard a watery sound (!) from one of the ends
: as well as a drop or two of water coming from the kayak!

: So, I drilled my grip holes and drained the water out. Turns out I have two
: problems now: - On one end, water came out of the kayak and I now need to
: figure out a method to put in the end pour and grab loop. There should not
: be any hole into the main kayak body. Perhaps, if I tilt the kayak on its
: side, close the bottom grab hole and somehow put the epoxy in under
: pressure, I might be able to fill the end up? I hear about the One Ocean
: method, which sounded promising, but I have no real details on how to
: administer it.
: - On the other end, I found that there was no water (good), but also no epoxy
: when drilling the grab holes. So, it appears, the end pour was not large
: enough. I could just re-do it, I suppose after closing off the holes.

: Any suggestions on how to avoid further issues? How far back from the tips
: should these grab holes be?

: Regards,

: Ruedi

problem still isn't clear, how did water get in the kayak?