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Re: Strip: Standard coming lip height and width? *PIC*
By:Kurt Maurer
Date: 1/11/2011, 7:24 pm

On my very first sea kayak I made the gap between deck and bottom of rim 1/2". While it worked, it didn't work well; the spray skirt was a bit of a hassle to get "seated" on the lip. 3/4", as others suggest, or more is fine, very easy for skirt application. But on my latest boat I wanted to get the coaming as low as humanly possible for rolling, while still being very easy on the spray skirt issue. I used 5/8" clearance under a Vaclav/One Ocean style fiberglass/carbon fiber layup coaming. I much prefer the look of wood, but again, I wanted as low-profile as possible on this one, plus the wood rims were forever requiring R&R (repair & refinish) from the constant wear of routine neoprene spraydeck use.

The "ugly" coaming works so well I'll probably never use anything else from here on out.....

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Strip: Standard coming lip height and width?
Todd O -- 1/11/2011, 1:43 pm
Re: Strip: Standard coming lip height and width? *PIC*
Joe Whitman -- 1/11/2011, 2:18 pm
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Joe Whitman -- 1/11/2011, 2:25 pm
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John Caldeira -- 1/11/2011, 2:24 pm
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Dave Houser -- 1/11/2011, 2:33 pm
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Clayton Plunkett -- 1/11/2011, 2:58 pm
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Ian Cummins -- 1/11/2011, 4:38 pm
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Kurt Maurer -- 1/11/2011, 7:24 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/12/2011, 12:39 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 1/12/2011, 8:29 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 1/12/2011, 8:30 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 1/12/2011, 8:31 am
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Todd O -- 1/12/2011, 10:00 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 1/13/2011, 7:13 am
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Etienne Muller - ireland -- 1/13/2011, 7:16 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/13/2011, 8:59 am