Rigging with rubber strips or bike inner tubes??

Does anyone have any photos or advise on how to rig a surfing canoe with rubber strips. I am not sure if what's being used are old bike inner tubes?? Any advise would be appreciated. I am using quickstraps, but I am affraid that there is not enough flexibility in the straps and eventually I will break something. Any advise would be appreciated, from rigging to type of rubber to use (or if bike inner tubes). Mahalo

Submitted by hank1 on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 1:25pm



You can get away with using straps for small surf but when you get into surf head high and above your going to either want to use bicycle tire tube rubber or rig with rope. Rope will last longer and will have enough give that you shouldn't break anything but in that size surf anything is possible. As far as rigging with the rubber your going to want to use a lot of it. The key is for it to be super tight. I would wrap over and over in the same area and then just repeat all the way across the wai. Remember salt water eats rubber so it won't last long. The other bad part is if you don't do enough your boat could come unrigged while out riding some good size waves. If so just collect the pieces and laugh it off cause you won't be the first one that's happened to and you probably won't b the last.


#1 Fri, 04/03/2009 - 2:28pm


rubber suffer more from the sun than from the salt water. I lash iato and ama with rubber and then wrap the rubber with electrician tape, it last for ages...
If you want to rig a V1, cut some 3/4 to 1 inch wide stips from bicycle inner tube. If you want to rig a V6, you'll need something stronger : 1,5 to 2 inches wide strips from car or truck inner tubes.
For a surfing canoe, I would use the same strips I use for a V6.


#2 Fri, 04/03/2009 - 3:45pm


Checkout this blogsite on rigging a V1 (Hiro C posted it somewhere else). It says bike inner tubes are best to use as car tubing is too thick and not as elastic.

http://tuaruavaa.blogspot.com/2008/11/monter-et-rgler-son-v1.html

You may need to use a translator such as Google to translate from French to English.

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftuaruavaa.blogspot....


#3 Fri, 04/03/2009 - 3:46pm


Thanks for the responses and advise.


#4 Sun, 04/05/2009 - 4:21pm


J

As bike tubes can be a bit fiddly i picked up some roofing rubber (if it has a proper name I don't know what it is) from somewhere and use that on my Oc1. It's the right thickness, and as its in a sheet you can cut nice even strips. With a 1m long sheet I get strips the length I need. I was in a hardware store on the weekend and noticed they had it in stock with all the building supplies if you can't find someone to give you a cut-off.

As for rigging I tend to spread the lashing the length of where the iato is rigged to the hull. I don't do a continuous wrap but perhaps 30-40mm between each wrap and then work my way back so I have a nice crisscross pattern. Asthetics are so important :-).

On a 6 man with loads so much higher I/we lash with one continuous run of rubber (usually cut from car or truck tyre).

And if I remember I carry a spare strip of rubber either wrapped around the kiato or tucked inside my PFD.


#5 Sun, 04/05/2009 - 5:46pm


J is right : a good rigging should be good looking.


#6 Sun, 04/05/2009 - 7:22pm


Thanks all for your comments. My friend made a video of our first trip, had camera trouble and missed most of the day. Shoulder high condition, used quickstraps, but had inner tubes on hand in case it got bigger. Thanks again for your advice.


#7 Sun, 05/03/2009 - 4:01pm


I forgot to mention, I am not macho enough to have a mustache like Tim.


#8 Sun, 05/03/2009 - 4:03pm


now THAT was a good video. the mustache shot... just brilliant work.

the boat looks like a fun little canoe too.


#9 Mon, 05/04/2009 - 7:11am


Rubber this rubber that.
What about Sennit ?


#10 Mon, 05/04/2009 - 10:57am


Hello everyone! Thanks E7M for the Google translate suggestion. I couldn't have read that page without it and somehow it didn't cross my mind to do that.

Samuel Stanislas, part of the Traduceri Autorizate team.


#11 Mon, 06/08/2009 - 3:22pm


Nice video, thanks!

Traduceri autorizate, traduceri legalizate


#12 Tue, 09/14/2010 - 3:20am


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