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Re: except that...
By:Dan Caouette (CSFW)
Date: 11/15/2010, 9:14 am
In Response To: Re: except that... (Bill Hamm)

: A padded bulkhead is
: fine if you're the only one that's gonna paddle it.

Not necessarily so. I build mine with three or four pieces of foam that are different thickness. One each: 1, 2 and 3 inches for a range of 1" to 6" of padding. Even at 6" of paddling, it must be lighter than the plastic/metal braces. The foam pieces are just pressure fit. I've never lost a piece during a wet exit.

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Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
dave g -- 11/14/2010, 7:28 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Jay Babina -- 11/15/2010, 4:40 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 12:43 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads? *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 11/15/2010, 9:55 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 12:23 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Kurt Maurer -- 11/15/2010, 7:58 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 9:56 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads? *PIC*
Kurt Maurer -- 11/14/2010, 7:57 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads? *PIC*
Bryan Hansel -- 11/17/2010, 2:22 pm
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/18/2010, 1:44 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bryan Hansel -- 11/18/2010, 9:33 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/18/2010, 9:39 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/19/2010, 1:27 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/18/2010, 1:46 pm
except that...
risto -- 11/15/2010, 4:32 am
Re: weight of Yak footbraces
Bryan Hansel -- 11/18/2010, 9:36 am
Re: weight of Yak footbraces
Bill Hamm -- 11/19/2010, 1:25 am
Re: weight of Yak footbraces
Bryan Hansel -- 11/19/2010, 10:01 am
Re: weight of Yak footbraces
Bill Hamm -- 11/20/2010, 1:25 am
Re: except that...
Kurt Maurer -- 11/15/2010, 9:38 am
Re: except that...
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 4:39 am
Re: except that...
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/15/2010, 9:14 am
Re: but where
Bryan Hansel -- 11/17/2010, 2:17 pm
Re: but where
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 11/18/2010, 9:04 am
Re: except that...
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 9:46 am
Re: Strip: veneer for bulkheads?
Bill Hamm -- 11/15/2010, 12:46 am