On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Elaine Harmon wrote: Now, > how would you fasten this to the boat? How about extensions on the base > piece, with those big plastic grommets in them? Scratch that. I just checked, and the foam is way too weak under torsion. How about cementing nylon fabric tabs ("sport nylon" taffeta, Jo-Ann's Fabrics, many colors, cheap) onto the base, and having brass grommets put on at your shoemaker's? Actually, I would cement a nylon covering on the outside of the whole thing, overlapping the foam-cemented edges, for appearance and sturdiness. By the way, Matt's wonderful website is a gem! Until reading it, it hadn't occurred to me that you can also correct weathercocking by putting wind-catching stuff like this on the bow. e 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 - 08:20:31 PDT
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