You should make sure that your kayak does not have any holes in it, too - and you can do this before you find yourself sitting in a leaking kayak out at sea. All you have to do is put a flashlight inside of kayak and cover cockpit. Then put kayak in a dark room. If you see any areas of light then that means that you have a crack in your kayak. This is best way for you to decide if you have a crack in your actual kayak instead of just in paint. Cracks in paint will make your boat look worse than it is, but they won't do any real structural damage to your kayak.

Finally, if you don't want your paint to fade and you're worried about boat warping at all, then you should store it indoors and out of sun temperature changes.

3) New Jersey Nets: You would think, logically, that a team anchored by Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, and Richard Jefferson --- all of whom have received MVP whispers in past four years --- would walk away with this division, right? Not quite. The Nets are as deep as a piece of looseleaf paper, running former Hawks retread Jacque Vaughn behind Kidd, with luminaries such as Rodney Buford, Ron Mercer and Jabari Smith spelling at other positions. To add to litany of problems for Jer-Zee, their middle is softer than your average Krispy Kreme selection, currently “anchored” by rookie Nenad Krstic.

4) New York Knicks: It’s hard for me to admit how far Knicks have fallen, considering they were team of my boyhood. Ewing with those arms outstretched, imploring MSG to explode --- ah, fond memories. Now, Knicks have a variety of over-priced talent (Stephon Marbury, Jamal Crawford, Allan Houston), some decent emerging talent (Mike Sweetney), and virtually no backups at PG and C slot. For past three years, Knicks have essentially run an offensive set of four guards and one power forward, which does very little outside of private high school basketball in southeast. For sheer talent alone, you have to like Knicks to not bring up rear in Atlantic, but then again, they do have Bruno Sundoy running paint

5) Toronto Raptors: One problem Raptors don’t have is paint, where superstar-in-waiting Chris Bosh plays alongside inferior Arizona product Loren Woods (we’ll bet you weren’t entirely sure he was in league). Unfortunately for north-of-the-border basketball fans, that’s only problem Raptors don’t have. Otherwise, rookie coach Sam Mitchell has lost control of team while feuding with former street-ball prodigy cum NBA point guard Rafer Alston, Jalen Rose wants out more than a man in Nine West, and fading stars such as Donyell Marshall and Lamond Murray are looking for some final paychecks here (with more tax, mind you). The Raptors are currently fourth in division, but don’t have chemistry or talent to finish anywhere except cellar.