I plan to do a similar installation on my Guillemot 18 (once completed). You should be able to drill down, through the center of the peak, and into the end pour.

Use a 3/8" x 2" stainless U-bolt, and just slather the threads with some thickened epoxy and push it into the holes. If your end pour doesn't extend far enough back, you might have to do a second end pour. Stand the boat on end, but not all the way to the vertical. Tip the boat so the deck is down so your new end pour just covers the bolt threads and doesn't have to fill the entire end with all that extra weight.

Re: destroying the boat's unadorned aesthetic. Well, you're making safety improvements here; aesthetic may suffer, but that is a healthy tradeoff. You could presumably carve a u-shaped block of wood, glass it well, and glue it to the deck.

> After looking at the Mariner kayak functional rigging designs and those of
> several other boats, it looks like a rigging purchase point at the bow and
> stern kayak ends would be pretty useful.

> Has anyone tried installing purchase points in these locations on a Pygmy
> or similar peaked decked kayak? It seems like the peak running down the
> boat's centerline would interfere with the installation. What kind of
> fitting would you use and how can you maintain the boat's unadorned
> aesthetic?

> Paul Williams, WA