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Other: Spray skirt finished... *LINK*
By:Gary Rensberger
Date: 5/1/2003, 9:52 pm

Just finished my first spray skirt, using the directions at http://www.wwslalom.org/skirt/. The hardest part was trying to get the wrinkles out where the neoprene overlaps the bungie around the cockpit. I ended up making cuts, but it's on the inside, so isn't noticable.

I used one of those cardboard tubes used for concrete forms (bought at Home Depot for $5) as the form for the tower. They come in various diameters, which was nice. I need to trim the tower height down a bit, as it's a little high for my Guillemot Double.

One nice thing about having a 'Double' is that I get to make another spray skirt, hopefully better than the first one ;)

-Gary

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Other: Spray skirt finished... *LINK*
Gary Rensberger -- 5/1/2003, 9:52 pm
Re: Other: Spray skirt - nylon vs neoprene
Chris Moore -- 5/3/2003, 5:48 pm
Re: Other: Spray skirt - nylon vs neoprene *LINK*
John D. -- 5/3/2003, 10:43 pm
Neoprene Eh!
Ken Sutherland -- 5/4/2003, 5:42 pm
Re: Neoprene Eh!
Shawn Baker -- 5/5/2003, 9:33 pm
Re: Neoprene Eh!
Ken Sutherland -- 5/6/2003, 7:18 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 5/2/2003, 5:45 pm
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Rick Allnutt -- 5/2/2003, 9:00 am
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Eric -- 5/3/2003, 6:33 am
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Gary Rensberger -- 5/2/2003, 7:37 pm
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John D. -- 5/2/2003, 12:59 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 5/2/2003, 5:50 pm
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Reg Lake -- 5/3/2003, 10:49 am
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Gary Rensberger -- 5/5/2003, 11:02 am
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John D. -- 5/2/2003, 7:05 pm
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Jim Kozel -- 5/1/2003, 10:30 pm
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Gary Rensberger -- 5/1/2003, 10:46 pm
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Tony W. -- 5/2/2003, 7:22 am
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Gary Rensberger -- 5/3/2003, 12:50 am