: Those look pretty simple to make. They look great for deck lines. Has anyone
: used them for the bungee hold downs for gear? My only question is the
: strength of the dowel. When installing I would think you should add a
: little extra material under the deck to distribute the load over a little
: larger surface area of the deck (you'd have to do that anyway if you used
: nylon and screws).

I came up with a somewhat pleasant looking (and very easy to build) wooden bungee tiedown system which spreads out the stresses nicely. You can see it at....
http://www.vsg.cape.com/~eklein/hires/bungee.html

(This boat was from before my flush hatch days)