: So, when you're doing gear lines (shock cord) why not just make holes in the
: deck and tie the cord in the holes? Of course you would make the holes too
: big and fill with epoxy and then redrill... You might even use a little
: silicon to slow leaks. Sure, you might get some small leakage, but, heck,
: -my- 'yak gets filled with water every time I go out anyway - so what
: difference does that make?

That is what I did on my kayak. I get a little water in the front and rear compartments, but that is likely from the hatches leaking. I drilled undersize holes and covered the exposed wood with epoxy. I folded back the cover of the deck lines and bungies, trimmed off about 1/4" of core material, folded the cover back over, twisted the ends and used pliers to pull though.

Kurt