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Re: Material: Deck rigging toggles?
By:Mike Bielski
Date: 8/25/2010, 1:53 am
In Response To: Re: Material: Deck rigging toggles? (timt)

I'm right there with you- I was confused why everyone was talking about grab loops.

Really, anything will work. I had sassafras around the shop, and it works great. I used tung oil at first, but now I don't because the film makes them wear funny. Wears better without oil. On my strip kayak I had carbon fiber laying around, so...

If you're using this setup on a hard boat and not a SOF I do have one suggestion, and that is to make the holes so that the line fits very tightly and the friction comes from the line, because a hard boat will not deflect like a skin, and you need the extra grip so that they don't self-loosen.

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Material: Deck rigging toggles?
timt -- 8/24/2010, 1:24 pm
Re: Material: Deck rigging toggles?
Mike Hanks -- 8/27/2010, 3:14 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/24/2010, 2:39 pm
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John lasky -- 8/24/2010, 2:49 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/24/2010, 3:10 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 8/24/2010, 8:14 pm
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timt -- 8/24/2010, 11:21 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 8/25/2010, 10:02 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 8/25/2010, 8:56 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 8/25/2010, 8:13 am
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greywuuf -- 8/25/2010, 10:36 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 8/25/2010, 12:42 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/25/2010, 1:32 pm
Re: Material: Deck rigging toggles?
greywuuf -- 8/25/2010, 1:23 pm
Re: Material: Deck rigging toggles?
Mike Bielski -- 8/25/2010, 1:53 am
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dbynoe -- 8/25/2010, 12:22 am
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Shark Bait -- 8/25/2010, 7:02 am
Re: SOF Hatches *PIC*
dbynoe -- 8/25/2010, 11:41 am
Re: SOF Hatches
Shark Bait -- 8/25/2010, 6:48 pm