merijn wijnen wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a stitch and glue kayak with hatches that do leak a little. This > is partially due to insufficient sealing but also due to the fact that I > can not clamp the hatches tightly onto the deck. > The clamping consists on 1" webbing and buckles like those used > for back packs. The friction between webbing and bucke is to hign > to tighten it enough. > I once rented an Eddiline Raven (if I got the name right) that also > used webbing, but in combination with an ingenious device to tighten > the webbing. It was really simple, but I somehow can not remember > how it worked. It was a kind of lever. Know the problem. Two suggestions: 1. Fasten a half-round chunk of wood (nominal diameter about 2 cm), flat side against the hatch, near the edge of the hatch where each strap piece crosses the edge. This will concentrate the compression of the straps on the neoprene gasket seal, and may be enough to solve the problem. 2. The Eddyline-style lock-buckles are good (I have two yaks which use them), but the ones which Current Designs uses are better. CD may sell them, but I know Pygmy (http://www.pygmyboats.com/) will sell them, because they use the CD style for all the hatch kits of the type you must have. Pygmy's are hard marine alloy aluminum, I think, and I bet they'd sell you the complete kit, straps, buckles, etc. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jun 07 2001 - 15:17:08 PDT
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