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Deck riggin/soft fittings?
By:Ashley Goddard
Date: 10/12/1999, 3:01 pm

A friend of mine has a nice Seaward Quest kayak that she had outfitted with "soft fittings." They are basically cloth tabs secured with marine screws. I like how they look and I figure they're probably going to hold up better than Pygmy's plastic hardware. (I just finished building the Pygmy Coho and am taking it out tomorrow for its first paddle!) I have a few weeks before doing the final sanding and varnishing and installation of deck rigging and would appreciated any comments about this system of deck rigging or any other.

Thanks- Ashley

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Deck riggin/soft fittings?
Ashley Goddard -- 10/12/1999, 3:01 pm
Re: Deck riggin/soft fittings?
Mike Hanks -- 10/12/1999, 10:59 pm
Fundamental Idea
mike allen -- 10/13/1999, 3:52 pm
Re: but what about my stainless collection?
lee -- 10/13/1999, 12:09 am
Re: congratulations
lee -- 10/12/1999, 10:39 pm
Re: Deck riggin/soft fittings?
mike allen -- 10/12/1999, 4:50 pm
Re: Deck riggin/soft fittings?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/12/1999, 4:26 pm
Re: Deck riggin/soft fittings?
Mike Scarborough -- 10/12/1999, 4:22 pm
Re: Deck riggin/soft fittings?
Shawn Baker -- 10/12/1999, 4:02 pm