Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 13:44:04 -0800
From: Paul MacIntyre <pfmac@hooked.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: Sources for Nylon skin?
Philip Wylie wrote:
> Also for wear and tear on the keel area of the baidarka "Wolfgang
> Brinck" suggests [in his book] installing a rub strip 3/4" X 3ft.long if
> it is of hard wood or a additional piece of canvas strip 1 1/2" X 3ft.
> long and affix your choice to the tail end of the keelson. I havae
> contemplated using a machine belt webbing myself but it occured to me
> that using a 3/8" strip of brass half dowl would be benificial. I
> remembered that my Chestnut cedar canoe had brass rub strips on the keel
> near the bow and stern area for hard wear and abuse. It took a heck of a
> lot of punishment protecting the canoe. Why not utilize the same idea on
> a baidarka? Just drill and countersink the holes within the dowl and
> screw onto the keel. Any opinions on this???
>
> Regards,
>
> Philip Wylie
On my "Dyson" boat, I glued a strip of 1" webbing on the bottom of the
boat along the length after the 1st coat of neoprene then coated over
it with neoprene and hypalon. This works well except at the extreme
rear at the drain hole were the nylon began to fray. I took a 2" piece
of aluminum tube, cut it in half lengthwise, spread it open to match
the radius of the keel of the boat and screwed it on over the skin and
nylon rub strip. This works well and I can rest the rear of the boat
on the ground while loading and unloading from my truck. This method
could be used on wood framed boats also.
Paul MacIntyre