: Non-aircraft use aircraft hose clamps. Used to hold wire and hoses
: in airplanes and prevent chafe. Great for the intended purpose,
: but you don't say what you'll use them for.

: Bill H.

Was planning to use them for tie-down bungees and gunwale safety lines, with heavier-duty ss padeyes at the bow & stern. Hearing that the cable ties are easily bent is giving me pause. All would be installed by drilling oversized holes, filling them w/dookieschmutz and re-drilling the correct size for the bolts. Nick also suggests epoxying the washers and nuts to the underside of the deck so that the fittings can be removed when the time comes to revarnish and reinstalled afterwards. Today I came across a store with plastic Hobie fittings that thread into their rotomolded plastic hulls. The holes for these fittings would be pretty big, however- about seven eigths of an inch. Finding nuts and washers for them could be interesting as well.

In a related question, as a sailor, I am used to cleats. The 4" nylon ones are light and strong enough to be useful without being too big to be placed at the bow & stern. Kayaks seem to simply not have cleats. Is there a reason for this?