Back on the farm, this is the time of year when you take a close look at the gear you used so hard over the season. All those times you said, "really oughta fix such-and-such, but there's no time now," lead to a pile of things that fall into the "stitch in time, saves nine" category. We called it "mending harness," where you sit down and finally do all those nagging little jobs. I find it's true for my toys as well as my tools. Last winter I hauled my Dagger Edisto into the basement, installed a front bulkhead, VCP round hatch, static deck lines, a deck compass and other fittings, greatly increasing its utility in larger inland lakes. This year I'm putting the foot-operated bilge pump in my Valley Avocet, plus detailing the cockpit: ready stowage for the VHF; O-rings on the spraydeck for a Nigel Dennis map case; various lashing points for emergency, signaling, navigation, and comfort gear. Then there's the clothing: checking for worn seals, frayed seams, delaminating seam tape. Little upgrades, like zipper pulls that I can grasp with my winter gloves on. And that annoying wobble in the ferrule of my spare paddle has GOT to go. So I put it to you paddlewisers: what harness are YOU mending? What big project, or little detail, are you through procrastinating about? Dan Harrison *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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