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

writes:

"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."

I used this system and it works very well. Were I to do it all over I'd go 
with the bags to keeg the CG lower and possibly the d ring patches. 
Thought the 2 wood strips are ultra secure they do take up a lot of room 
and it's impractical to place one in front of the seat. I kind of like the 
water idea the best, and wish I'd thoght of it. Unfortunately I'm selling 
th Icefloe and my other but don't need it. Perhaps the SOH I'm building in 
October might and I'll definitely look at water. You know when the Inuit 
carried rocks for ballast, they would never dump them in the sea. They 
would always carry them back to land and dump them there.

Kevin

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