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Re: Material: Best cord behind cockpit for self re
By:Dave Houser
Date: 9/8/2011, 4:29 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: Best cord behind cockpit for self re (Vivian Ecker)

CLC uses shear clamps to attach their cambered decks to the sides of the kayak. The shear camp provides enough wood under the deck to use wood screws to attach their surface mounted pad eyes.
http://www.clcboats.com/shoptips/fitting_out/hold_down_fittings.html
I think Vaclav tapes all of the seams on the Cirrus so through bolting with nuts and washers may be necessary (and seal the wood on the hole sides with epoxy) but through bolting is not going to work for you. Duane Strosaker uses fairleads on his Point Bennetts.
http://www.rollordrown.com/kayak/index.html
But again through bolting won’t work
You can make your own glue-on fairleads. You should sand throught the varnish for epoxy adheasion.
http://www.clcboats.com/shop/products/new/carbon-eyestrap.html
My kayak has soft pad eyes that also require under deck installation. Soft pad eyes were promoted by Joe Greenley at Redfish Kayaks.
http://www.redfishkayak.com/softpadeyes.htm

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Material: Best cord behind cockpit for self rescues?
Vivian Ecker -- 9/7/2011, 9:27 am
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Jay Babina -- 9/7/2011, 9:48 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 9/7/2011, 10:15 am
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StephenHJ -- 9/7/2011, 11:14 am
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Paul Davies -- 9/7/2011, 2:40 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 9/7/2011, 3:28 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 9/7/2011, 3:28 pm
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Paul Davies -- 9/7/2011, 4:21 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 9/7/2011, 4:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2011, 1:39 am
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Paul Davies -- 9/8/2011, 6:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2011, 6:54 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 9/9/2011, 9:48 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2011, 1:43 am
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Dave Houser -- 9/7/2011, 4:23 pm
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Dave Houser -- 9/7/2011, 4:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2011, 1:45 am
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Vivian Ecker -- 9/8/2011, 10:13 am
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Dave Houser -- 9/8/2011, 4:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2011, 5:34 pm
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mark joyse -- 9/9/2011, 7:27 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/9/2011, 7:52 pm
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Mike Savage -- 9/10/2011, 9:10 am
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Al Edie -- 9/19/2011, 11:18 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/19/2011, 11:25 pm
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Al Edie -- 9/23/2011, 1:09 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/23/2011, 9:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2011, 8:23 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2011, 8:25 am