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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Back Bands/ Seats
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 9/22/2015, 3:06 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Back Bands/ Seats (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

The best aftermarket backrest I've found is the North Shore Industries, NSI backband. Not cheap.

Buy once, cry once.

I use them on all my boats. http://www.northshoreinc.com/store/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=8


NSI may have improved the design since I bought a couple of those exact backbands some years ago. They worked really really well-at first. After being around salt water for a season or two, the ratcheting mechanisms (aluminum body and steel or SS spring) corroded severely.

Excellent choice for fresh water paddling, though - or keep up the maintenance with rinsing and greasing the ratchets if you are paddling in salt water.

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Marc Upchurch -- 9/18/2015, 4:57 pm
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scottbaxter -- 9/18/2015, 5:44 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/18/2015, 7:16 pm
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scottbaxter -- 9/18/2015, 11:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/18/2015, 7:28 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/18/2015, 8:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/18/2015, 9:13 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/22/2015, 3:24 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/22/2015, 7:59 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/22/2015, 9:20 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 9/19/2015, 8:01 am
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John Messinger -- 9/19/2015, 8:39 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/19/2015, 9:49 am
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Kudzu -- 9/19/2015, 9:02 am
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Bob Johns -- 9/20/2015, 2:28 am
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Bob Johns -- 9/20/2015, 2:36 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 9/20/2015, 7:28 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 9/20/2015, 9:18 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/21/2015, 9:49 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/22/2015, 3:06 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/22/2015, 4:40 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 9/22/2015, 8:56 pm