Before I spend the time searching through a gazillion web sites...... anybody recently do a web search looking for the best prices on cockpit covers? I need 3, all in different sizes. If anyone has done that recently, where did you find the best prices? Thanks, Rick *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Rick.Sylvia_at_ferguson.com wrote: > Before I spend the time searching through a gazillion web sites...... > anybody recently do a web search looking for the best prices on cockpit > covers? I need 3, all in different sizes. If anyone has done that > recently, where did you find the best prices? You ought to be able to make them for < $5. Get some nylon, fasten it to the cockpit with some 1/4-3/8" bungee, fold up the edges, mark, sew, trim. Make them a little bigger than you think you should and they'll be easier to get on. -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On 2 Sep 2004 at 16:51, Steve Cramer wrote: > You ought to be able to make them for < $5. You must have a good source of cheap materials. Mine cost at least twice that. MEC sells then for about C$15 and I have trouble justifying making my own when they sell so cheap. > Make them a little bigger than you think you should Having made several, I can say that this is important information. I also add a loop of webbing and a nylon hook to the front of the cover. The hook goes under one of the bungies in the kayak's front deck. I've only once had a cover blow off on the road and was lucky that I'd put a hook on the front. Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Michael Daly wrote: > On 2 Sep 2004 at 16:51, Steve Cramer wrote: > >>You ought to be able to make them for < $5. > > You must have a good source of cheap materials. Mine cost at least > twice that. MEC sells then for about C$15 and I have trouble > justifying making my own when they sell so cheap. I use extra fabric from other projects, or scraps. If I were buying new, it would probably be < $10. You can't buy them in the US for $11.50 (C$15), that's for sure. > > > I also add a loop of webbing and a nylon hook to the front of the > cover. That's a good idea. At least keep the bungee long enough to tuck under your decklines. -- Steve Cramer Athens, GA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
http://www.mec.ca - they have L and M size, if I'm right. I don't know whether MEC dimensions relate to inside or outer rim. L fits my Big Kahuna cockpit 32"*17" - the cover from 32.25*16.5 Seaward Tyee doesn't fit, - inside dimensions are almost the same, but Kahuna has wider rim. Nylon of Seaward cover looks sturdier, though. > anybody recently do a web search looking for the best prices on cockpit > covers? I need 3, all in different sizes. If anyone has done that > recently, where did you find the best prices? *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> http://www.mec.ca - they have L and M size, if I'm right. I don't know > whether MEC dimensions relate to inside or outer rim. > L fits my Big Kahuna cockpit 32"*17" - the cover from 32.25*16.5 Seaward > Tyee doesn't fit, - inside dimensions are almost the same, but Kahuna has > wider rim. I have to correct myself - Big Kahuna has 34"*17" cockpit (inside dimensions). Don't know why did I think it was 32*17 - trusted dealer's website, didn't bother to measure :-) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> I have to correct myself - Big Kahuna has 34"*17" cockpit (inside > dimensions). Don't know why did I think it was 32*17 - trusted dealer's > website, didn't bother to measure :-) Another measurement, and more news :-)... Big Kahuna inner rim is 34" wide "from groove to groove", while width of the actual "hole" with the deck tucked into the groove is 32.5". (Hard to explain to those who don't have this contraption). Anyway, the outer rim dimensions are more important for cockpit covers, and they are 36.25"*19.5", and MEC size L coverfits nicely. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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