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Re: Cheek Plate Safety
By:Jim Pace
Date: 5/18/2001, 4:51 pm
In Response To: Re: Cheek Plate Safety (Mike Felepchuk)

: I'm new to the Kayak world so I want to ask a question about safety. (my time
: on the water so far has been by Canoe or Sailboat.)

: If the cheek plates arn't fasten to the hull and you roll what's the chance
: of a piece of clothing getting caught preventing a wet exit ? Probably
: wouldn't be a problem for anyone here on the Bulletin Board since rolling
: is probably old hat. But for me I'd probably be found hanging capsized
: sometime later down river ...

Yeah, getting stuck in a capsized kayak would be a definite trip-wrecker. I think if you were to glue a piece of minicell foam on the face of the cheekplate that extends all the way down to the hull, you'll eliminate that worry. Now about those sandal straps and your footpegs...

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