Plastic Revenge Padding (rule Clarification)

[nutterwatts]

Hi there everyone,

I am probably going to answer my own question but I need a bit of clarification and to know if anyone else has encountered this issue!

The Plastic revenge comes with an intergral rubber padded cone on the nose and tail. Are they deemed to be polo legal?

I am veering towards the opinion that they are not as it's really hard to compress the rubber by the required 10mm. (near on impossible)

There is also a line in the UK Canoe polo yearbook, section: Kit Specifications, Page 68. this page talks about the requirements for padding, at the very bottom of the page under the diagram of the padding there is a line that states.

'For kayaks with intergrated bumpers, these must still be securely fitted with additional padding that meets the above criteria'

Now the way I read this is even if you already have the integral rubber bumpers on your boat you must also add a foam bumper that meets the rules (50mm wide, 30mm at centre 20mm at 50mm width.)

Is that right or am I missing something?

[Simo]

I read and understand the rules to mean that the rubber bumpers do not conform and additional bumpers are required because they are nothing like the diagram in the year book.

[Polo 15]

Hi there,

In my understanding of the rules regarding this issue, i think that you are correct in thinking that additional padding is needed of the required thickness even with the intergral bumper.

I think.....

Polo 15

[Alan Vessey]

No the bumpers are fine and have passed the test by the committee.

[mrplaybus]

Yeah but you still feel hard done buy when you get t-boned by one!!!

[niall]

Serious question:
How are the bumpers fine if they don't mean the rules? If they are ok, then they must be boarder line.

[clyde]

The end caps on plastic Revenges do not comply to the current rules.
There can be little question about that fact.

The fact that the BCU Canoe Polo Committee had passed the design of the boat does not mean the end caps comply with the bumper specs.

At the time of writing, integral bumpers are not clearly specified in the boat specs, and even if they were, the end caps on this boat are clearly not soft enough as the rules currently stand.

Clyde

[niall]

Thanks for clearing that up.