At 03:55 pm 11/07/2002 -0700, you wrote: >"Mike O'Byrne" <Heep_at_attbi.com> wrote: > >I have a Pygmy Coho with the velcro patches for the seat pads and they >become unglued frequently! >[Shawn] >I've had a hard time keeping velcro contact-cemented to the epoxy/glass >bottom of the bilge in my wood boats. I finally epoxied in the velcro >in that spot. With good prep, and two coats of contact cement on the >velcro/minicell, I've had good adhesion, even in the usually-wet bilge. We use webbing, screwed to blocks just under the deck, down to a central bolted loop in the centre of the bulkhead just above the keel and then the two lead forward over the top of the seat pad to a Fastex buckle with a short piece of webbing srewed/sandwiched in a wooden block at the front edge of the seat. Stops the seat moving forward and the webbing/Fastex buckle holds everything down. So, from one corner of the cockpit under the deck, down to the keel (holds the seat back), forward to the front of the seat, back to the back of the seat and up to the other corner under the deck. One piece of the Fastex buckle "floats" on this loop, the other is on the short piece fastened to the keel in front of the seat. This means the seat is firmly positioned but can be totally removed to allow cleaning of the cockpit and drying of the seat and back pads. Also means that if there are other users they can have their custom seat pads. As the seat is held down the middle you won't "feel" it when sitting on it. Alex . . *************************************************************************** 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 Jul 11 2002 - 17:32:13 PDT
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