Re: [Paddlewise] sprayskirt bottom shockcord knot

Just to get the ball rolling on this, I also have a spray skirt with a knot
and ends (as Pam knows). This is, by far, the crappiest spray skirt I've
ever tried but my largest whitewater spray skirt would not work with the
larger cockpits of my Nimbus Telkwa. When I recently acquired a Mariner
Express I found that my larger w/w sprayskirt fit that boat's cockpit rim
just fine so I now only use that sprayskirt. The only downside is that I
have to pull the sprayskirt higher around my chest before I get in to avoid
having it jammed between my body and the side of the cockpit as I enter.

Whitewater sprayskirts have an advantage (I think) of fitting better over a
drytop without the annoying gaps "touring" sprayskirts leave. Plus no
suspenders. Plus a deck generally designed for more rigorous activity. And
no w/w sprayskirt I've ever seen has one of those adjustable borders and
thus no knot and no excess.

Craig Jungers
Royal City, WA (temporarily in Nahcotta, WA on Willapa Bay)

On 8/23/07, Pamvetdr_at_aol.com <Pamvetdr_at_aol.com> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>     I have a Snapdragon sprayskirt with an adjustable edge, that is, the
> shock cord is fastened with a knot.  I am using this only on one kayak and
> would
> like to permanently size it to this kayak alone and eliminate the knot. I
> keep
> sitting on the darn thing and it makes entry and quickly putting the
> sprayskirt on impossible.
>    Is there a way to do this (size to my kayak, cut off excess cord and
> secure ends) with a minimum failure rate?
>    Thanks!
>                Pam in Washington State
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