I may telling people what you know, tell me if I am. To secure things on my deck I managed to obtain some second hand fishing net. This is threaded onto the shockcord on my deck, front and rear. I use fairly heavy shock cord. I haven't lost anything for ages. The problem here is sourcing good strong fishing net, preferably of professional fishing quality. Mine is some years old now and showing no signs of deterioration. This could also be used underdeck, installed nice and tight to stay out of the way. On my rear deck I am able to tighten up the shock cord for surf or heavy conditions by using olive cleats which join the shock cord (together with duct tape, wire and velcro one of the world's great inventions) from marine dealers. These cleats are easy to use, extremely (very, very) secure and have a million uses. of course minimising on deck stuff, as this dicussion is about, is a good strategy, essential for really big surf. The selling of sea kayaks with only bungie on deck is criminal. Essentially it is selling boats that are unseaworthy. Nick Note new email address Nicholas Gill School of Geography and Oceanography University of NSW Australian Defence Force Academy Canberra ACT 2600 Ph. 02 6268 8317 Mob. 041 7659440 Fax 02 6268 8313 Email: nicholas.gill_at_adfa.edu.au ---------- > From: Bob Denton <BDenton_at_aquagulf.com> > To: JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com; asaarto_at_lpt.fi; PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] inner hull tie devices > Date: Saturday, 23 January 1999 4:23 > > I was looking in some German catalogs last night and saw a boat with a knee > tube which had a small VCP hatch cover on it. Neat idea! > > There are a bunch of very interesting ideas on German boats including: > > 1. Rudders that retract into the stern of the boat from underneath, like a > skeg > 2. Integral rudder pedals that mount on a central keel track with a > centrally mounted foot pump. > 3. Zip up hatches > 4. Hatched sealed with an inflatable gasket. A small pump comes with the > boat. > 5. Nets instead of bungee in the deck area > 6. Low prices (really good feature) on Glass, Kevlar, Carbon /Kevlar > > cya > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > > [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of > > JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com > > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 4:54 PM > > To: asaarto_at_lpt.fi; PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net > > Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] inner hull tie devices > > > > > > In a message dated 1/21/99 4:10:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > asaarto_at_lpt.fi > > writes: > > > > << > > Has anyone tried embedding/laminating small waterproof tanks > > inside the hull, > > under the deck, just front of the cockpit? I saw a one here, made of > > fiberglass > > with a tight waterproof hatch, diameter of 4 inches and > > lenght of maybe 15 > > inches. One could easily keep money, GSM etc. there. >> > > > > Sounds a lot like the standard knee tube that a lot of Brit boats have > > 'glassed in, Ari, but I've never heard of a water-tight one! > > Most are open at > > the aft end --- where the paddler sits --- for easy access to > > whatever is > > needed. Possibly including GSM, whatever that is. Sounds > > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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