air bag lacing

[craig]

I have done what pblanc described for over 20 yrs, never had a problem, even in my composite Millbrook. Tie the knots on the inside of the hull and melt the ends of the cord loops to keep them from fraying

[sbroam]

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You can get around that by drilling pairs of closely spaced holes through the hull and threading a small loop of paracord through each pair of holes. The paracord loop functions like an inchworm screwed to the gunwales, and is quicker and easier to run the lacing through.

If you don't plan to remove the air bag lacing, just thread it right through the hull holes.

I don't often remove them, but have to snug them up occasionally. This approach sounds like the cord loops through the gunwales that I had before, based on the original (John Berry/MR?) outfitting. I still have my cord loops... Hmmm.

[dafriend]

Drill baby, drill