Thanks to all for the great ideas! Yes, it is a very thick Bungie that tends to gradually work loose. No, I can't trim the ends back without securing them. And yes, I think between all the suggestions I'll find something that works! Pam in Washington State ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Here's another idea. West marine used to sell stainless steel clips or wire bent into a triangle for making up custom length bungy cord with hooks on the ends. If you can still get those clips I would use them to clamp together the overlapped ends of the bungy cord. To protect the skirt from the metal clips you can put on a piece of electrical heat shrink tubing before doing the overlap connection and then squirt in some aqua seal before heat shrinking the tubing around the overlap joint. I've not done this on a spray skirt but I have done this to make a relatively seamless connection to make loops of bungy cord to help hold on VPC hatch covers. -mike > Thanks to all for the great ideas! > Yes, it is a very thick Bungie that tends to gradually work loose. > No, I > can't trim the ends back without securing them. And yes, I think between > all > the suggestions I'll find something that works! > Pam in Washington State *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
mike dziobak wrote: > Here's another idea. West marine used to sell stainless steel clips or > wire bent into a triangle for making up custom length bungy cord with > hooks on the ends. If you can still get those clips I would use them to > clamp together the overlapped ends of the bungy cord. To protect the > skirt from the metal clips you can put on a piece of electrical heat > shrink tubing before doing the overlap connection and then squirt in > some aqua seal before heat shrinking the tubing around the overlap > joint. This is the best solution yet. Those clips are bombproof, and readily available in various places, including feed stores, sailing shops and marine supply stores aside from West Marine. They are usually called hog rings or hog clips. One source: http://tinyurl.com/2btdzd -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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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