I've previously had problems with cockpit covers coming off during driving. The wind flowing over the cover pulls it up not forces it down and, because of this, covers that are strong enough to stay on in use can come loose on a drive. In the past, I made sure I had a tie-down crossing the elastic sticking out of the back of the cover; that way if it came loose it would simply flap until I spotted it and could pull over and reattach it. Lately, I had a custom cover made and sewed a strap to the center of the cover that wraps around the boat and keeps the center of the cover from coming up and loosening the cover. It would probably be possible to attach a strap to a off-the-shelf cover as well. > > Good point, Tom. I have a psychological adversion to deck down because I'm > > worried about losing hatch/cockpit covers (ie, they will just fall off). :) > > -- > > cheers, Stephen > > If the covers can fall off they can BLOW off! *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Mar 14 2004 - 10:42:39 PST
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