u/ellisjames1973

My gunwale swap seems to have become and epic failure. We acquired a 17' Scott Kevlar and the wood gunwales were rotted, so I replaced them with plastic one. Today we went to take it out for the first time and when we got in, the walls of the canoe looked like they were gonna buckle. This was a sad moment.

Does anyone have any advice on where I went wrong? Should I have used aluminum instead??