I have two barrels I'd like to secure in my kevlar tripping canoe. It is a Mad River Lamoille. I'm securing the barrels so they can act as floatation. Essentially two stiff center airbags.
The barrels are too thick to get under the yoke and thwart. I don't like just tying across the gunnels. When swamped the barrels push up and the force pulling across the gunnels is multiplied. Like a tightrope with a big guy in the middle.
I was thinking a couple of center loops are needed. Like in the picture below. Except in a nice canoe, and not using hooked rachet straps ; )
The trick is this is a foam core Kevlar canoe. I'm a little concerned the d rings or loops would pull the top layer of Kevlar away from the foam.
What is the best way to do this?
The barrels are too thick to get under the yoke and thwart. I don't like just tying across the gunnels. When swamped the barrels push up and the force pulling across the gunnels is multiplied. Like a tightrope with a big guy in the middle.
I was thinking a couple of center loops are needed. Like in the picture below. Except in a nice canoe, and not using hooked rachet straps ; )
The trick is this is a foam core Kevlar canoe. I'm a little concerned the d rings or loops would pull the top layer of Kevlar away from the foam.
What is the best way to do this?