Peter Osman wrote: > > Hi, > I've read that toggle handles at the bow and stern of a kayak are safer than > loops. That if you are holding the loop and a kayak rolls in the surf there > can be problems with trapping fingers or hands. Are there any opinions on > this and in particular would the Klepper expedition kayak, be susceptible? > Or are its loops sufficiently wide to preclude the problem. > > PeterO (Australia) STOP whatever you are doing. Get out your Klepper. Cut those handles off and singe the remaining threads. That handle will pull out and leave a hole at the seam. The handles are okay for a straight up pull but if they are pulled at an angle, such as dragging on to a beach, they will eventually pull out. If you have a Klepper made since about 1992 or so, run a toggle handle through the metal part of the deck fitting. Commercial ones are available or you can devise your own using a plumbing pipe 45 degree elbow. Otherwise get some D-ring on hypalon patches and adhere these to the hypalon at the bow and stern. Run webbing from them to form a handle. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Mar 16 1999 - 06:52:19 PST
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