Hello John, Glad to be on the list (good stuff, particularly Swede form and flow) and happy to hear from you. I really enjoyed the paddle with you and fellow Texans a few months ago. I am heading to Austin the weekend of July de 4th for the rolling and Greenland endorsement. On the deck reinforcing I claim no expertise just used a little laymen logic. ~ After locating bolt position the area where cloth was to be applied on the underside of the deck was sanded with 150grit sand paper ~ If the area allowed the 6oz fiberglass cloth was a least 2" away from the bolts in any direction. ~ Used the West System 205 epoxy hardener with the 105 epoxy resin. Several marine catalogs carry this product including West Marine. ~Makes it a little easier if you can turn de boat upside-down to have gravity working with you while applying the cloth and epoxy ~ Be prepared to sand it smooth after the epoxy has cured, careful not to sand into the cloth, more than one coat of epoxy can be applied ~ If possible use a over size washer on the end bolt that is exposed on the underside of the deck, this will help spread the stress. ~If you are concern with your rod holder location and your deck aft of the cockpit, you may want apply a layer of cloth covering as much area as you can. I am thinking you can reinforce the entire area from the rear of your cockpit to the rear bulkhead. Or you could be a extreme weight conscious person and not reinforce it,maybe you will get lucky and a big Red Fish will rip your rod holder off your deck. Just think how much lighter your vessel will be then. John please don't forget to give me a yell on your next trip to New Orleans. We can paddle some swamp or salt and talk more on glassing Arthur Hebert -----Original Message----- From: John Somers <somers_at_radonc17.ucsf.edu> To: PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>; seacajun_at_gs.net <seacajun_at_gs.net> Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 11:39 AM Subject: [Paddlewise] deck reinforcing >Greetings to Arthur Hebert, glad to see you on this list Arthur. > And thanks for the details on rigging the Boulter sea anchor to your >kayak. You mentioned reinforcing the underside of the deck, could you >describe how you did that? Materials and methods would be interesting to >me, not just for that use but for other spots on the deck like the area >behind the cockpit where I have a couple of fishing-rod holders. The aft >deck on my boat seems to be thinner and weaker than the foredeck. > Paddle on, buddy > John Somers >*************************************************************************** >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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu May 27 1999 - 20:53:05 PDT
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