: I was wondering how long it would take for someone to bring that up. Not
: long, obviously. I have no trouble believe the fitting would fail if I
: tried to hang from the apex of the loop with forces trying to fold the
: loop flat. However, I intend to mount the fittings so that when the
: perimeter line is tightened, it naturally pulls close to the deck instead
: of riding-up onto the top of the loop. This would be analogous to hanging
: from the loop with both the test panel and loop in a vertical position. I
: didn't try this, but my gut feeling is that it would hold just fine. Maybe
: I need to take another trip to the garage, test panel in-hand. ;-)
: > strength. Have you tried applying forces parallel to the skin of the
: boat.
: > This could put some weird forces on the strips and glass of the skin. It
: > is probably pretty strong, but a force trying to fold the loop flat is
: > probably the weakest direction.

Ross,

How about mounting two together like this +

That would make it so that you could not fold it flat.

Mike