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Re: Fittings - deck and hatch
By:Edgar
Date: 12/6/2000, 12:25 pm
In Response To: Re: Fittings - deck and hatch (Jack B.)

: Those look pretty simple to make. They look great for deck lines. Has anyone
: used them for the bungee hold downs for gear? My only question is the
: strength of the dowel. When installing I would think you should add a
: little extra material under the deck to distribute the load over a little
: larger surface area of the deck (you'd have to do that anyway if you used
: nylon and screws).

I came up with a somewhat pleasant looking (and very easy to build) wooden bungee tiedown system which spreads out the stresses nicely. You can see it at....
http://www.vsg.cape.com/~eklein/hires/bungee.html

(This boat was from before my flush hatch days)

Messages In This Thread

Fittings - deck and hatch
Jason Given -- 12/5/2000, 8:53 pm
Re: Fittings - deck and hatch
dave -- 12/6/2000, 12:38 am
Re: Fittings - deck and hatch (Updated link)
Eric Schade (shearwater boats) -- 12/6/2000, 6:41 pm
Re: Fittings - deck and hatch
Paul Johnson -- 12/6/2000, 9:47 am
Re: Fittings - deck and hatch
Jack B. -- 12/6/2000, 11:22 am
Re: Fittings - deck and hatch
Eric Schade (shearwater boats) -- 12/6/2000, 6:48 pm
Re: Fittings - deck and hatch
addison -- 12/6/2000, 4:44 pm
Re: found it..
addison -- 12/6/2000, 11:47 pm
Re: Fittings - deck and hatch
Edgar -- 12/6/2000, 12:25 pm
Re: Fittings - deck and hatch
Spidey -- 12/7/2000, 8:44 pm
Re: Fittings - deck and hatch *Pic*
jason Given -- 12/6/2000, 2:45 pm
Re: Fittings - deck and hatch
Edgar -- 12/7/2000, 8:48 am
Video available?
Tony B. -- 12/7/2000, 11:09 am
Great looking boat!!!
Jack B. -- 12/6/2000, 1:16 pm
Re: beautiful boat
Ben Staley -- 12/6/2000, 12:31 pm