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Re: Cheek Plate Size
By:Jim
Date: 5/18/2001, 4:22 pm
In Response To: Re: Cheek Plate Size (Shawn Baker)

: Nope, no problem at all. My first cheekplates were foam. They don't let water
: flow by when you have the hull inverted to drain the cockpit unless you
: put in some drain channels.

: Your storage options are more open-ended with wood cheekplates, and it also
: gives you a place to wrap a cable around to lock the boat up. (Like
: locking it to a roofrack if you're worried about theft.

: Shawn

Shawn,

Sounds like you might extend cheekplates deck to hull rather than just hanging them from the deck. Is this right? I have considered this for the strength but also worry about having a couple hard spots in the bottom of the hull right where your weight is.

Jim

Messages In This Thread

Cheek Plate Size
Mike felepchuk -- 5/17/2001, 10:16 pm
Re: Cheek Plate Size
Kent LeBoutillier -- 5/18/2001, 5:58 am
Re: Cheek Plate Safety
Mike Felepchuk -- 5/18/2001, 3:00 pm
Re: Cheek Plate Safety
Jim Pace -- 5/18/2001, 4:51 pm
Re: Cheek Plate Safety
Mike felepchuk -- 5/18/2001, 10:26 pm
Re: no worries
LeeG -- 5/19/2001, 8:41 am
Re: Cheek Plate Safety
Ben Staley -- 5/18/2001, 4:36 pm
Re: Cheek Plate Safety
Jim -- 5/18/2001, 5:11 pm
Re: U-bolts
Shawn Baker -- 5/18/2001, 4:40 pm
Re: U-bolts
Ben Staley -- 5/18/2001, 4:52 pm
Re: U-bolts
LeeG -- 5/19/2001, 8:48 am
Re: U-bolts
Shawn Baker -- 5/18/2001, 6:17 pm
Re: Cheek Plate Size
Brian Nystrom -- 5/18/2001, 12:31 pm
Re: Cheek Plate Size
Jim -- 5/18/2001, 1:22 pm
Re: Cheek Plate Size
Richard Boyle -- 5/18/2001, 3:30 pm
Re: Cheek Plates
Jim -- 5/18/2001, 4:17 pm
Re: Cheek Plates
LeeG -- 5/19/2001, 8:37 am
Re: Cheek Plate Size
Shawn Baker -- 5/18/2001, 3:18 pm
Re: Cheek Plate Size
Jim -- 5/18/2001, 4:22 pm
Re: Cheek Plate Size
Shawn Baker -- 5/18/2001, 4:38 pm
Re: Cheek Plate Size
Jim -- 5/18/2001, 5:41 pm
Re: Cheek Plate Size
LeeG -- 5/19/2001, 8:34 am
Re: Cheek Plate Size
Jim -- 5/19/2001, 9:55 am
Planetary Gear link
Jim Pace -- 5/19/2001, 10:38 am
Interesting and pretty cheap-thx *NM*
Jim -- 5/21/2001, 11:27 am
Re: Cheek Plate Size
Shawn Baker -- 5/18/2001, 6:20 pm
Re: Just snug ok-Thanks *NM*
Jim -- 5/18/2001, 6:38 pm
Re: Cheek Plate Size
Kent LeBoutillier -- 5/18/2001, 12:57 pm
Yeah, that works. *NM*
Brian Nystrom -- 5/18/2001, 3:47 pm
Re: Cheek Plate attachment to coaming
Ben Staley -- 5/18/2001, 12:54 pm
Re: Cheek Plate attachment to coaming
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 5/18/2001, 1:29 pm
Re: Cheek Plate Size
Richard Boyle -- 5/18/2001, 12:53 pm
Oops! My mistake.
Brian Nystrom -- 5/18/2001, 3:45 pm