I like Maroske deck fittings but they take a while to make and seem like they are heavier than they need to be. So I tried making them with ‘glass sleeving instead of chopped up cloth and lots of thickened epoxy. I haven’t weighed them but they sure look lighter. I tried to pull one apart and I’m sure if you were hanging onto a deck line with your kayak in the surf, your arm would come off before the sleeve Maroske broke. With the sleeve you get bonding of the glass right through the thickness of the deck, not just on the inner surface of the deck. With traditional construction I also found I sometimes got sharp edged voids along the tube from trapped bubbles. With the sleeve there is no chance of this. Final advantage is that you can use the loop under the deck to attach stuff like hatch tethers and what-not. Here are a few more photos and notes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9239236@N05/5822139117/in/set-72157626938908408/