Hi Doug, I think I might try something similar to cover my almost completed cedar strip Guillemot 18. Probably some of that lightweight synthetic "umbrella fabric" (the stuff made for patio umbrellas) in a light color. Cut it in a elongated football shape (that's American football, not the-rest-of-the-world-football, which we crazy Americans decided to call soccer) and turn the edges back. If you bought a 8' long piece of 60" wide fabric, you could cut triangles from the original fabric and line them up at the short edges to cover your boat. This would save more fabric than buying a 18-20' long piece of that same 60" cloth and then laying to waste all the fabric on the sides. A sleeved hem for a continuous bungie around the edge would be nice to keep the cover from flapping while you drive. I think a pocket in the bow and stern ends for ease of attachment, and then probably 4 webbing straps with side-release buckles spaced every 4' or so. I would run the webbing completely over the fabric and around the boat rather than just sewing the end of the webbing to the hem of the cover. You'd be asking for a rip to happen unless you reinforced it well (think the clew? of a sail). Shawn Who can probably sew better than he paddles >This is the time of year I tend to keep my kayak on top of my vehicle >all the times, as it is now warming up, but we are still having high >winds and lots more light at night for evening sorties. It is also a >great time of year for big tides and they even fall on a few good >weekends this spring. So, here's my kayak, suffering UV damage until >later in the summer when I tend to store it a bit more. >I'd like to sew up a half-cover for the kayak, deck top surface only, >with web straps that go under the hull to keep it in place. Anyone done >anything like that? What kind of material? I know one can purchase whole >boat bags, but I just want to cover the top deck and have it easily >removable, etc. -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 2000 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.geocities.com/shawnkayak/ *************************************************************************** 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 Tue May 16 2000 - 08:54:13 PDT
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