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Re: Material: Best cord behind cockpit for self re
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 9/8/2011, 1:43 am

: :

: Hi Vivian,
: A very important concern which I have addressed very sucessfully,I
: believe....
: I built a Rob Mack's Firestar with a dropped deck detail just rear
: of the cockpit that allows my GP shaft or blade to slide in and
: semi lock with NO movement.It can be a twist and pull action
: that creates a very effective outrigger.As people have said,it's
: important to be able to whip it out[the paddle] afterwards.I
: built my first and only GP to do this thing and then built the
: boat cockpit to suit the shapes of the blade etc,so it is handed
: to my prefered get in side[from a wet exit]The lip hides the
: underneath tapper[female GP blade cavity] so it looks like a
: symetrical deck but isn't when you look closely[under the
: lip].The deck drop feature, is FLAT for no rock and the, very
: strongly fixed, combing traps the blade temporarily.I use this
: detail every time I get in or out with absolute confidence.Also
: ,the back of the cockpit is fairly straight[and comfortable] ,so
: the paddle also does not swing in the horrizontal plane.There is
: much strength around this detail built in so I don't stress this
: area with the usual misshappenings when in use.Also,The GP
: [Cedar]is so bouyant and the blade is pushing through the water
: when fixed like this.This makes for a very slow rolling boat.
: The idea of building safety into your boats would be a great thread
: for this forum.I have done a few other things to help with
: safety at sea,I haven't got round to sharing the pictures 'cos I
: am interweb challenged with url's etc. cheers from Paul NZ.

Hi Paul,

I agree about the safety thread. I see many boats built here that are very pretty but have all varnished decks and not one deck line, getting back in would be a real trick. Wet varnish is really slippery.

I've been called upon often to be a safety boat for local paddle events so I rig all the boats for rescue, have to do it ofen enough to make it important for me.

Bill H.

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Material: Best cord behind cockpit for self rescues?
Vivian Ecker -- 9/7/2011, 9:27 am
Re: Material: Best cord behind cockpit for self re
Jay Babina -- 9/7/2011, 9:48 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 9/7/2011, 10:15 am
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StephenHJ -- 9/7/2011, 11:14 am
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Paul Davies -- 9/7/2011, 2:40 pm
Picture?
Stephen Troy -- 9/7/2011, 3:28 pm
Oops, missed your last sentence, n/m *NM*
Stephen Troy -- 9/7/2011, 3:28 pm
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Paul Davies -- 9/7/2011, 4:21 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 9/7/2011, 4:39 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2011, 1:39 am
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Paul Davies -- 9/8/2011, 6:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2011, 6:54 pm
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Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 9/9/2011, 9:48 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2011, 1:43 am
Re: Material: Best cord behind cockpit for self re *PIC*
Dave Houser -- 9/7/2011, 4:23 pm
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Dave Houser -- 9/7/2011, 4:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2011, 1:45 am
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Vivian Ecker -- 9/8/2011, 10:13 am
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Dave Houser -- 9/8/2011, 4:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/8/2011, 5:34 pm
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mark joyse -- 9/9/2011, 7:27 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/9/2011, 7:52 pm
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Mike Savage -- 9/10/2011, 9:10 am
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Al Edie -- 9/19/2011, 11:18 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/19/2011, 11:25 pm
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Al Edie -- 9/23/2011, 1:09 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 9/23/2011, 9:22 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2011, 8:23 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/10/2011, 8:25 am