[Paddlewise] Ballast hold-downs? (Was: Ballast: do you need it?

This brings a related queston to mind: how best to secure things
like ballast? One poster wrote of epoxying wood strips down and screwing
straps into them. I've thought of epoxying down the D-ring patches sold to
glue to rubber rafts. Not sure if this would work or not. Any other ideas
of how to attach D-rings to the inside of the hull in such as way that
they can still be laid flat against the surface?

Thanks for your suggestions.

-Kevin Zembower


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  kevinz_at_charm.net      Kevin Zembower

On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Keith Rodgers wrote:

> Having got that of my chest, my ballast consists of a flat-sided plastic
> gallon container (used to hold anti-freeze) positioned on the keelson in the
> day-hatch and held firmly in place with two straps rigged with "D" rings and
> Velcro. A few failed experiments showed that it's worth paying to have a
> shoe-repair store stitch the rings and Velcro in place on the straps. The
> straps are glued or epoxied in place and the container can be put in or
> removed in seconds. I filled it with fine sand, which is heavier than water,

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