>I use a diver's slate and a pencil. I wish I knew what the plastic is so I could have made my own, but it was about $4 for a fairly small one. Oh yeah! I tried divers' slates awhile back. I usually lost them from under the bungies and started writing directly on my deck. The technical name for the plastic used in slates is, "A rough, hard piece of plastic". Rough so that it abrades the pencil tip, and hard so the pencil tip doesn't erode the plastic slate. You could possibly sand down the gloss on an area of the gelcoat on your deck so it would be rough enough for a pencil to write on. Ugly but highly functional. I've heard of divers cutting a piece of 4" PVC pipe in half, then attaching it to their wrist with bungies. Roughen the PVC with sandpaper so it's rough and flat looking, not glossy. I've used small pieces of adhesive vinyl from the sign shop stuck to my deck--it's written on easily with a soft lead pencil. Shawn New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Sep 08 2004 - 13:31:49 PDT
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