| Slippery feet #9060 07/28/02 06:28 PM 07/28/02 06:28 PM |
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 96 Racine, Wisconsin Leo OP
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Posts: 96 Racine, Wisconsin | My 6.0 did not come wth any kind of nonslip on the sides for traction while on the wire. Anyone have a favorite grip tape they want to reccomend. Not that shoes are out of the question, but when the weather is nice I like to go barefoot. On wet gelcoat, I might as well be wearing roller skates. Input appreciated before I go spend my money.
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#9063 07/28/02 08:11 PM 07/28/02 08:11 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,911 South Florida & the Keys arbo06
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Posts: 1,911 South Florida & the Keys | If you want tape, home depot hat a 3-M product that ia far superior to the crap Hobie and Murrays carries. It is gray and comes in varied widths.
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Eric Arbogast ARC 2101 Miami Yacht Club | | | Re: Slippery feet
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#9064 07/28/02 10:02 PM 07/28/02 10:02 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | Murrays sells a "sure foot EVA grip kit" that uses a neoprene textured surface strip that is contact cemented in place. I bought one of these kits and put it on my N5.2 and love it. Works great barefooted or with the boots (not abrasive at all like the 3M product). It has been on my boat for a year with no visible wear (except for mentioned below). Putting on the contact cement cleanly is a bit tricky but is doable. One word of advice though - be sure the material is a .25" below the corner of the deck - one side of mine was a little high and I shredded the top edge of it after continuously sliding my butt off the side when getting on the wire. http://www.murrays.com/archive/43.pdf
Jake Kohl | | | Re: Slippery feet
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#9066 07/29/02 08:15 AM 07/29/02 08:15 AM |
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,844 42.904444 N; 88.008586 W Todd_Sails
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Posts: 2,844 42.904444 N; 88.008586 W | Another 2 cents of advice.
Using a non-petroleum based product for the hull prep is a key to it staying put forever, until taken off deliberately that is.
Instead of acetone,(which works well mind you), get the generic rubbing alcohol, and clean the contact area well with it, it lasts longer, cleans with less residue than the petroleum product.
Some of the advice you have had, as they stated, are really abrasive to your skin. Especially, that black 3m stuff. A slide on a big wave, or bow stuff, and skins comes off!
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