: The way I do it is completely not traditional and used 1/4 elastic cord
: (which many people hate). I drill a hole in the gunwals and thread a loop
: of paracord and tie a knot on the inside of the gunwals. Each loop is one
: attachment point. While the boat is getting skinned I poke the paracord
: through the skin without making a hole (the weave in the skin separates
: enough to allow it through). To do this I loop some sinew through the
: paracord loop and then use the sinew with a needle to poke it through
: where it will end up when done skinning and then use the sinew lead to
: poke the paracord through. Cape Falcon Kayak's technique of pre-lacing the
: skin on is neccessary to get the placement correct. It all gets sealed
: when coating the skin.
: The grab loops are just a peice of paracord through a hole running all the
: way through both gunwalls that is tied into a loop. To finnish my rigging
: I made some slings that fit inside the elastic to hold things like a full
: size nalgene in the front. Sewing is required to make the slings.
: It works for me because I prefer elastic and don't want to melt holes in the
: skin. Unfortunately, this technique only works if you plan before you
: skin, which may be to late for you boat.
: Scott

Hi Scott,

You guys have given me all sorts of ideas, thanks

that was also expected, one of the reasons I come here

Nice seeing a long cockpit on a skin boat, I've now got an unused "standard" keyhole cockpit skirt and cockpit cover, so the SOF is getting a keyhole cockpit, should also provide a bit more room for my knees pumping when I'm using the wing paddle. (yes, I ,know it looks really weird using a wing on a SOF boat, looks just as weird on the NDK Greenlander or my wood Disko Bay)

Bill H.