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Re: U-bolts
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 5/18/2001, 4:40 pm
In Response To: Re: Cheek Plate Safety (Ben Staley)

: Good question, my minicell seat is higher than the gap underneath the cheek
: plate so it hasn't been a problem, its covered up.

: Now I wish I had extended them to the hull and glassed them in for strength
: reasons, and I do like Shawns method of locking the boat up. I'm going to
: use a stainless u-bolt epoxied thru the bulkhead for the same.

Ever consider putting that U-bolt in the bow or stern to use for a carry toggle point/bowline attachment/deckline attachment point?

On my Chesapeake, I epoxied in a short loop of aircraft cable into the front side of the deckbeam. It's unnoticeable, but a secure place to lock stuff up.

Shawn

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