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Re: On hardshells too?
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 2/11/2002, 4:26 pm
In Response To: Re: On hardshells too? (Shawn Baker)

: Brian,

: Have you tried cord and toggles on a glass boat yet?

Yeah, I changed the rigging on the 'glass Recluse to this style. The spacing of the fittings isn't optimal for use with a Greenland stick, but I put shallow notches in the underside of the toggles to help locate the paddle better and it works well. They notches would also be useful for locating the shaft of a Euro paddle.

The rigging on the curved foredeck works, OK, but it would be better if the deck was flatter. This summer, I may do some surgery on the boat, as I'd like to reduce the cockpit size (to VCP ocean cockpit size) and lower the coaming a bit, so it may end up with a flat center deck panel by the time I'm done.

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them???????
Joe -- 2/10/2002, 1:54 pm
Re: Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them???????
Brian Nystrom -- 2/11/2002, 1:19 pm
Re: Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them???????
Joe -- 2/11/2002, 1:59 pm
Re: Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them???????
Brian Nystrom -- 2/11/2002, 4:36 pm
Re: Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them???????
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 2/11/2002, 7:25 pm
Greenland-style toggles *Pic*
Pete Rudie -- 2/11/2002, 8:33 pm
No-paddle-float reentry *Pic*
Pete Rudie -- 2/11/2002, 8:42 pm
Re: No-paddle-float reentry
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 2/12/2002, 12:31 pm
Same here, Thanks for the PIC *NM*
Joe -- 2/12/2002, 1:33 pm
Re: Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them???????
Rob Macks -- 2/11/2002, 9:45 am
Re: Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them???????
Shawn Baker -- 2/11/2002, 10:05 am
Re: Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them???????
Rob Macks -- 2/11/2002, 2:27 pm
Re: Straight lines
Shawn Baker -- 2/11/2002, 3:56 pm
Re: Straight lines
Brian Nystrom -- 2/11/2002, 4:29 pm
Re: Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them???????
Brian Nystrom -- 2/11/2002, 1:05 pm
Re: On hardshells too?
Shawn Baker -- 2/11/2002, 3:55 pm
Re: On hardshells too?
Brian Nystrom -- 2/11/2002, 4:26 pm
Re: Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them???????
Val Wann -- 2/10/2002, 8:57 pm
Re: Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them??????? *Pic*
Joe -- 2/10/2002, 11:25 pm
Re: Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them???????
Shawn Baker -- 2/11/2002, 10:08 am
Re: Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them???????
John Schroeder -- 2/11/2002, 8:56 am
Re: Strip: Deck Fittings: Can I "Skip" Them???????
David Ross -- 2/10/2002, 5:48 pm