: >took a minute or two to figure out why you'd do that

: Do What, push down on the skirt? I haven't had it in the surf yet and wanted
: to get an idea of how it would respond to downward pressure.

: Anyway, thanks for the response. It seems to me that creating a small lip
: (under and on the outside of the coaming lip) might be a more practical
: solution that extending the whole coaming lip out further. The purpose of
: my question was the possibility that someone here might have done
: something similar and could comment on it.
: Again Bill, Thanks for your response.

: Bob

Actually "do what" would be to anchor the test piece to something like a vice so it can't move, fit the skirt over this piece and then pull on the skirt and see if the addition makes a positive difference. Pulling on the skirt would have a similiar effect of pushing down on the fitted skirt.

Bill H.