jbbmillar
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2011
- Messages
- 62
- Vessel Name
- Mainia
- Vessel Make
- Mainship 390
[FONT="]I'm tired of my canvas snaps not fitting, particularly along the bottom where it pulls down over the top of my transom. The canvas has shrunk and the snaps won't reach. Snap extenders are a poor compromise.
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[FONT="]I've heard of using bungee and hooks, but I'm concerned about the hooks snagging clothing when I'm moving around on the swim platform. I've also read concern about the bungee deteriorating in the sun. [/FONT]
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[/FONT][/FONT][FONT="]In my mind’s eye the fittings screwed to the transom which retain the bungee are round plastic disks or knobs, very similar to the wheel of a pulley: [/FONT]
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[FONT="]I've heard of using bungee and hooks, but I'm concerned about the hooks snagging clothing when I'm moving around on the swim platform. I've also read concern about the bungee deteriorating in the sun. [/FONT]
- [FONT="]A short bungee attached on the underside such that when fastened is covered by the canvas would mitigate the UV issues. [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Nylon nylon u-shaped clamps, like used to secure a cable run, with the two holes attached (sewn, riveted?) to the canvas could retain a replaceable loop of bungee cord.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Fittings on the transom where the male snaps currently are screwed which the bungee could be looped over. The is the part I'm having the most trouble naming/finding.[/FONT]
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[/FONT][/FONT][FONT="]In my mind’s eye the fittings screwed to the transom which retain the bungee are round plastic disks or knobs, very similar to the wheel of a pulley: [/FONT]
- [FONT="]A nylon wheel somewhere between ¾ and 1.5 inches in diameter[/FONT]
- [FONT="][FONT="]Just thick enough for an OD groove which would retain a small bungee cord looped over the wheel.[/FONT][/FONT]
- [FONT="][FONT="]the groove edges broken to soften them
[/FONT][/FONT] - [FONT="]a hole in the center the same size screw as used for a male snap[/FONT]
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