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Strip: Thnx Nick!:Cinch straps
By:Larry Riordan
Date: 2/22/2002, 11:06 pm

Those slings for the kayak stand in Nick's book found a good use. Today I glued the deck onto the hull. With the exception of the stern and bow up curve it was an excellent fit.

18" in on the stern and bow, there was a 1/4 to 3/8 gap. I used each of the slings with the blocks on the end to wrap and twist the deck and hull together. Worked great. Get a lot more compression force with twisting.

Got pics put couldn't figure out how to include them.