[quote=sierracat]Couldn't justify buying straps, so made my own... for free. Used the webbing tails that I cut off the ratchet straps I use to strap the boat to the trailer... and some old home brewing PVC hose... and some leftover beam strap bolts and chips (a double set came with my project boat)... and cut up the old retired dolphin striker flat bar for backing plate inside my soft hulls. My decks aft of the rear beam, where the aft point of these straps is attached, is SOFT! The rest of the decks are a good 1/8in thick (eg. where the tramp tracks rivet on) but this was more like 1/16th!Hence the giant backing plate. Made them fairly tight so my foot won't go in to far and risk getting stuck at a bad time.
Oh, and lots of silicon!
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