Re: [Paddlewise] kayak sails

    I made a moderate-sized V sail using a tent fly and poles a couple of 
summers ago which I used to sail the sea lion I was paddling at the time 
I decided that the deck would not take the stresses of having a mast 
stepped through it even with reinforcement so I replaced the bolts on the 
deck-bungee cleats with longer ones which then could be used to attatch 
washers and inverted bungee cleats on the underside of the deck.I used a 
length of heavy bungee through these to hold the tent-pole mast snug up 
against the front of the cockpit and stepped it into a hole drilled in 
the stiffening rod at the keel line. Worked well in moderate breeze but 
did not extend high enough to help in light breeze.
                                                         mark
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