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Custom made Spraydecks?
Posted by Gavin H on Jan 4, 2005
After some searching here in Australia for spraydecks to suit my almost completed (but very sea worthy) cheaspeake 16 and 17's (same cockpit), I found I had to get them custom made (ie 2-3 weeks from Ozzie supplier).
Not a real issue, but perhaps could catch people who are on a tight constuction schedule.
When my spraydecks arrived, I did a dry run of sitting in the kayak, installing and removing the spraydeck. What I found was the leading edge of the cockpit was too square to release the spraydeck cleanly.
My solution was to plane the two front corners into almost a semi circle.
Has anyone else had this problem?
By the way, I ended up ording my spraydecks from the UK. They use a new fabric, similar properties to neoprene, except instead of being 4mm(1/4"), it's 1mm(1/16"). I'm very happy with the final product, and the delivery time. They quoted 3 weeks to manufacture, and it arrived in 4 weeks, including christmas week.
http://www.chillcheater.com/
Replies:
- Re: Custom made Spraydeck by LeeG on Jan 4, 2005
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Re: Custom made Spraydeck by Gavin H on Jan 5, 2005
- Re: Custom made Spraydeck by LeeG on Jan 5, 2005
- Re: Custom made Spraydeck by Dave Houser on Jan 5, 2005
- Re: Custom made Spraydeck by Ken Leffert on Jan 5, 2005
- Re: Spray Skirt Safety by Dave Houser on Jan 6, 2005
- Re: Custom made Spraydeck by Ken Leffert on Jan 5, 2005
- Re: Custom made Spraydeck by Dave Houser on Jan 5, 2005
- Re: Custom made Spraydeck by LeeG on Jan 5, 2005
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Re: Custom made Spraydeck by Gavin H on Jan 5, 2005