: Hello All,

: I have to replace the rubber hatches of my P&H Baidarka
: Explorer every four to five years because of brittleness. They
: wear out very fast by UV. The kayak is always lying indoors so
: the only exposure time is during kayaking.
: On the Nigth Heron I will use the flat hatches from the deck
: material but I am thinking of making a closure like a water
: tight bag underneath.

: Greatings from the Netherlands where is lying 30 cm snow. The most
: we had in five years. Beautifull but we are not acustumed to it
: so there are many problems with trafic.

The Beckson's are hard plastic, not rubber.

I've got a couple here, from an old fiberglass catamaran, that was stored outside for something like 25 years. While they arn't pretty, they chalk in UV, they still work fine and are completely waterproof.

Bill H.