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crazy88 · Post by **crazy88** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:43 am

My buddy helped with the fabrication to secure the old perception hip grabber, the last photo shows his ABS plastic fab-work up close. Its good to have friends with skills. Other than that, still trying to figure out the best thigh strap setup. Any recomendations would be great. I have a video of me rolling it I will try to post (if i can figure out this internet thing).

Cool!

crazy88 · Post by **crazy88** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:08 am

28 views and 0 replies? Eh?

Mikey B · Post by **Mikey B** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:37 am

Looking good so far! Are those thigh hooks in your way when squeezing in the boat?
Maybe do a search for East Coast Canoes outfitting...or maybe he'll post a link. Might give you a good idea for straps and he sells the stuff too

Enjoy

crazy88 · Post by **crazy88** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:57 am

i have to get those thigh things out of the way soon, yes. but its functional currently, which is awesome.

i'd like that link if it could surface sometime.

East Coast Canoes google is unfruitful

crazy88 · Post by **crazy88** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:42 am

lol @ 70 views and 1 reply. Thanks for the advice, guys!!

jscottl67 · Post by **jscottl67** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:26 am

It looks pretty good so far. Those hip huggers are probably the thing helping you get throughthe roll already. You might want to run some type of rail down the centerline for support and an anchor point for your straps - that D-ring at the bottom probably won't stay there under much pressure. You might also want to add some foam along the center rail for knee spreaders as your legs are used more than anything else to control the boat.

Mikey B · Post by **Mikey B** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:04 am

If you look under the memberlist at the top of the page for East Coast Canoes you can check his previous postings. I know he's posted pics of his outfitting and strap systems

xmas0c1c1k1 · Post by **xmas0c1c1k1** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:26 pm

get something in there to spread your knees and keep them in place when you are getting tossed around. The D ring wont hold you could run some pvc pipe to mount to as a rail. this is for a creeker but the principles are the same http://www.open-canoe.de/open-sucks/index.html

Larry Horne · Post by **Larry Horne** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:57 am

gotta get a backbone in there to anchor your thigh straps to. that should be the first thing in, so that means the saddle's gotta come out.
Might also want to make a rise on the saddle for a back stop.

amollohan99 · Post by **amollohan99** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:06 am

Agreed. The d ring will eventually pull off no matter what you use to adhere it, in my very limited experience. But if you want to use it and reglue often, like I have (pain in the butt when someone calls and says creeks are running and you haven't reglued since last run), then just set up some straps and go, at least you'll have an idea of what kind of works and what doesn't. My philosophy is stop thinking about it too much and try something, anything, if it doesn't work, change it, try again. A

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