: I see a lot of black kayaks and wonder the logic. I owned a black
: Nordkapp and had to be careful touching it on a hot sunny day,
: not something you wanted any tender skin to contact. It was
: prone to raising the hatches to the point of bursting but the
: worst thing it did was structural. On a warm day but not really
: hot, I noticed the hatches sucked in rather than out, odd. Then
: I noticed the bulkhead lines on the outside of the kayak her
: pronounced and I had not seen them before. It was as if the
: outer shell increased in size and left an indentation at the
: front and rear bulkhead all the way around the hull, very
: disturbing.

: This was the one time I left the hatches on but could see it as a
: major problem over time. Pinholes in the bulkheads could have
: prevented but a lighter color would have eliminated the
: possibility..

I was amazed the first time I cartopped my strip boat at how much stiffer it is than any of my previous production fiberglass boats. There was very little flexing of the 18' boat at highway speeds (at a fraction of the weight of the production boats). This might help reduce oilcanning. Hopefully the boat won't just crack instead of flex, though...