Re: [Paddlewise] Where to buy toggles?

From: Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 08:23:17 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Robert C. Cline wrote:

> I'm looking for toggles... four of them.  Where to get them?
> 
> A kayaking buddy had a pair of two toggles tied together with a strap.  They
> made a great carry for a loaded kayak.  Four can carry a loaded kayak so
> much easier than two!  Or four with straps can do so much better than one on
> each end and one on each side of the cockpit.

They're easy to make. Take a 4-5" (10 cm) piece of 1" PVC thick wall pipe. 
Drill a hole in the center just big enough to jam in both ends of some
5mm climbing rope. Pull one end of the rope out each end of the pipe and
tie a figure-of-8 knot in the end. The length of the rope is up to you.

Steve Cramer                     


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