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Re: Announce: Recessed Fitting Installation Video *PIC*
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 11/21/2016, 8:02 pm
In Response To: Re: Announce: Recessed Fitting Installation Video (JohnAbercrombie)

Have you tested the strength of those fittings?
(e.g. with a cockpit half-filled with water can you lift the boat?)

I have been unsuccessful at destructive testing after about 15 years of use. The bar is 1/4" x 1/4" hardwood dovetailed into hardwood, with glass over the top. You should be able to lift the kayak with a substantial amount of water in it.

Compared to a production glass boat with one bolt into a layer of chop-strand-mat, it is pretty bomber.

Messages In This Thread

Announce: Recessed Fitting Installation Video *PIC*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/21/2016, 3:26 pm
Re: Announce: Recessed Fitting Installation Video
JohnAbercrombie -- 11/21/2016, 5:09 pm
Re: Announce: Recessed Fitting Installation Video *PIC*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/21/2016, 8:02 pm
Re: Announce: Recessed Fitting Installation Video *PIC*
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 11/21/2016, 5:23 pm
Re: Announce: Recessed Fitting Installation Video *PIC*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 11/21/2016, 7:55 pm
Re: Announce: Recessed Fitting Installation Video
John Messinger -- 11/22/2016, 8:27 am
Re: Announce: Recessed Fitting Installation Video
Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 11/22/2016, 11:12 am
Re: Announce: Recessed Fitting Installation Video
Brian Nystrom -- 11/22/2016, 7:35 pm