On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 leander_at_worldnet.att.net wrote: > Now the question is, how can a similar system be set up on a > hardshell? Clearly, the loop portion is easy, but the pocket portion > could be of several designs, from solid all around (which might be too > hard on the paddle blades), to solid bottom (molded to your kayak > maybe) and fabric top (stiff canvas, etc), to all fabric (which I > don't think would work as well). I have made blade guards for my somewhat fragile Werner blades, out of 1/2 inch closed cell foam from a camping bedpad. (Just cut 2 oversize pieces per blade and contact-cemented them on a 1/2 inch wide strip around the edges, leaving it open at the end to slide the blade into.) You could try the same stuff, with the bottom piece cut to fit the surface of the boat, and the top piece larger, glued around the edges and open towards the stern. You could easily put darts in it, of course, since the stuff glues very well on abutted edges, so you could get a reasonably flat top. The flat surface of the foam doesn't hold the cement as well as the edge so it helps to roughen it a bit with fine sandpaper before cementing. Now, how would you fasten this to the boat? How about extensions on the base piece, with those big plastic grommets in them? Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 16 1999 - 05:44:23 PDT
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