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A geração E by Watertech

As novas propostas da Watertech para a construção dos seus surfkayaks continuam a surpeender meio mundo. A investigação e desenvolvimento da NELO continuam a dar excelentes frutos com esta parceria. Fica a descrição por Rui Calado acerca da inovadora técnica da W para os kayaks.

Rui Calado, NEWS TEAM kayaksurf.net and Watertech man, describes us the all the innovations about the new surfkayaks made by the portuguese brand. Check out the E generation and see why so much attention is awakening!

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E Generation by Watertech
Rui Calado

After some advances on the construction side - probably the first composite-seamless-made-in-one-piece kayaks in the world - we are going to make it again... This time we are betting on the E-Power...

"E" stands for Epoxy resin.

Some people know already what is the difference between this kind of resin and Polyester or Vinylester. Epoxy is much stiffer, resistant and have more gluing properties.

This means stronger kayaks, harder, more impact resistant and lighter...
So we changed all our tech levels except the top one.

Now we have:

- Basic E level, with Monolithic (without any sandwich) fibre glass deck, fibre glass with PVC sandwich hull. Seamless, made in one piece tech, all made in vacuum with epoxy resin.

- ShockTech E level, with Monolithic carbon deck, carbon with PVC sandwich hull. Seamless, made in one piece tech, all made in vacuum with epoxy resin.

- Airtech E level, with carbon with PVC sandwich deck and hull. Seamless, made in one piece tech, all made in vacuum with epoxy resin.

Besides this we decided to go for a foam seat in all the models replacing the regular composite one. This was proved to be lighter, more comfortable, easier to customize and trouble free.

Soon we will have a belt as a option :-)