Re: [Paddlewise] Reenter - attach skirt and roll

From: Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 17:04:53 -0800
HTERVORT_at_aol.com wrote:

> I like to keep the bunji cord on my skirts long enough to allow adjustment
> when using the skirt with other boats or with other paddlers.  This is the
> main reason for having this type of skirt design.
> 
> To help eliminate the problem of the knot, try undoing the knot, then slipping
> the ends of the cord through a short piece of vinyl or rubber tubing, about 2
> inches long and just large enough in diameter to be stretched into a flattened
> oval by the cord.  Tie a new knot in the cords at the other <stern> end of the
> tubing.  The tubing should easily slip under your combing and hold the knot
> beyond the edge of the flange.

Wow.  This is inspired, Harold -- what sort of tubing do you use? 
POlyethylene -- what we used to call Tygon?

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR

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