>> I installed a couple of strips of webbing with velcro to the rear bulkhead behind the seat which holds a rolled up paddle float. I uses ss washers, bolts and nuts. cya >> ************************************************************************** * I also carry my paddle float on the bulkhead behind the seat, but I made my fittings on my workbench and then epoxied them to the bulkhead. The fittings are made by draping fiberglass cloth over a piece of narrow tubing from a tent pole and wetting it with epoxy resin. A sheet of plastic is laid over everything and pieces of 2-by-4 are placed on either side of the tubing to flatten the fiberglass cloth and give it a smooth finish. When the resin has cured, I cut the assembly into 3/4-inch segments, trim the excess resin, and file any rough spots. After epoxying four of these fittings to the bulkhead, I thread narrow- diameter bungie cords through pairs of the fittings and knot the ends to hold them in place. The paddle float is held against the bulkhead by the bungies, where it is out of the way but accessible. A major virtue of these fittings is that they have low profiles. I also use them to tether my hatch covers inside the compartments, for which I use a length of nylon cord knotted at the end and a plastic D-ring fastened to the underside of the rubber hatch cover. The D-ring is held in place by a piece of sheet rubber, which I glued to the hatch cover using Aqua-Seal. I have also made fittings for nylon straps from brass rods, but I think I will go into that another day. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 21 1999 - 13:30:11 PST
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