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Re: Artic Tern Foot Pegs
By:Mike Hanks
Date: 2/9/2000, 12:54 am
In Response To: Artic Tern Foot Pegs (Paul Willliams)

> The Pygmy manual directs drilling two holes in each side of the boat to
> accommodate two bolted-in, plastic foot peg rails. I don't want to drill
> four large holes in my boat and am looking for ideas to mount the rails
> without bolts.

> I could probably glue wood blocks in place and mount the foot pegs
> directly to the blocks but I would prefer using the rails and am looking
> for an alternative way to mount them.

> Can the plastic rails be epoxied in place and will the epoxy reliably hold
> them in place?

> Thanks,

> Paul Williams

Paul,

I epoxied wood blocks (with t-nuts inside them) to my hull, then bolted the rails to the t-nuts in the blocks.

Check out http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/btreecs/Art_Foot.htm for how to do it.

Mike

Messages In This Thread

Artic Tern Foot Pegs
Paul Willliams -- 2/9/2000, 12:19 am
Re: Artic Tern Foot Pegs
Dean Trexel -- 2/9/2000, 11:31 am
Re: Artic Tern Foot Pegs
Mike Hanks -- 2/9/2000, 12:54 am
Re: Artic Tern Foot Pegs
Paul Willliams -- 2/9/2000, 9:16 pm
Re: Artic Tern Foot Pegs
Bigbob -- 2/9/2000, 6:14 pm