[Paddlewise] nordkapp paddle mount

Hi Doug - I just peeked at your front deck paddle setup. There's no reason 
you'd remember, but this is very similar to the setup I've used on my 
Romany and have reported to PW. Fixing the paddle outrigger to the foredeck 
is easier that fixing it to the rear deck, and of course makes the awkward 
task of retrieving the paddle after pump-out much easier and much safer. I 
think your setup looks much better than mine, and I'd like to make the 
appropriate modifications to my boats. I have two questions:

(1) It looks like you've used webbing to secure the paddle I've used thick 
bungie cord. Do you use Fastex buckles or something similar to fasten the 
webbing?

(2) Is the webbing sewn so that your paddle blade just fits it, as regards 
width, or do you leave the whole length of the webbing "open"?

(3) How do you prevent the paddle from waving back and forth in a sea? Is 
there some sort of slide closure which keeps the shaft in place so that 
won't happen - and if so, what is that closure?

(4) As an outgrowth of that last question, have you ever had the paddle 
slip backwards out of those front-deck lashings? (A slide closure on the 
shaft side would tend to prevent that, or at least minimize the chance of it.)

(5) The photo looks like you've made a pad or support for the paddle at the 
point where it crosses the midline of the foredeck. What's that made of?

Thanks in advance for answering those questions. Looks like a very good setup.

Bill Hansen

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