>> > Hi all, > > Looking for someone who has put a foot pump in a fiberglass boat with > plastic bulkheads. I'm interested in putting a foot pump in my Gulfstream, > but worried the bulkheads won't be able to take the strain. Ideas? Try mounting a brace across the bulkhead inside the cockpit and attach the pump to it. Two lengths of hardwood about one inch square in section would probably do it (a tad larger if you're worried - being Canadian, I'd recycle a hockey stick). >> The foot pump on my wife's kayak is mounted on a one-inch diameter wooden rod fastened to the hull by a large screw in each end. (The foot pump sold by Great River Outfitters comes with curved brackets for mounting the pump on such a rod.) If you don't want to put a couple of screws through the hull, you could try fiberglassing the rod in place. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Dec 30 1999 - 07:56:45 PST
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