Hello, Harold touched on the solution to corroded aluminum carabiners, which otherwise make great grab handles, tow hooks, etc. It's marine hardware. Surf the racks at West Marine and there's a host of useful stuff. They've usually got free Harken and Ronstan catalogs near the hardware racks, and they're worth grabbing so you can flip through them and invent all sorts of unintended uses for the stuff at your leisure. The stuff is outrageously expensive, but the things you'll want to use in a kayak are among the smaller, cheaper items offered. It's well made and it lasts forever; stuff you can (and may) stake your life on. Mark _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Mar 09 2001 - 09:31:37 PST
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