KEEP BUMPING HEAD

On the Comfy Dory, we have a wood grab bar installed on the interior of the door opening, above the door. About 16" long. Guests who are in the cabin grab that rail when standing in the cabin looking out to the cockpit and beyond. That might keep your guests from grabbing any padding that you put up there to protect against bumping.

Tad
 
Paint a duck in yellow right above the door. When they start whining about hurting their noodle you can point to the duck and say I told you so.
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D.D.
 
This is how we do it. Caps off before entering cabin. Mantra for c dory is "watch yer head!" Bonk ability not only on entry but multiple vee berth points. We wack heads once in a while still. Oh well. Gotta have a hard head to be a mariner. George
 
ghone":3e3gf046 said:
Bonk ability not only on entry but multiple vee berth points.
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The V-berth....ouch! For some reason hitting that feels like concrete :crook You wouldn't think a relatively small, light boat could feel so solid!
 
I use the smaller stiffer pipe insulation, it stays up over the door no problem, and up above forward berth. If it gets pulled off, I just put it back up, takes 2 seconds. It is plenty retentive without glue. Small price to pay for not smacking your head.
 
I usually bang my head when I have a full head of steam running for the helm while trying to land a fish amongst a bunch of other boats. My solution was to add a second helm in the cockpit.
 
So many ideas I don't know where to start. I really like the last one about buying me a beer.

Gonna look at getting some flat foam pad I believe. Glue it on with some 4200. That way there is less to hang on to and yank off. Gonna be first on my winter list of MUST DOS. THANKS EVERYONE for the great ideas.
 
hambone":xow0h2ug said:
So many ideas I don't know where to start. I really like the last one about buying me a beer.

Gonna look at getting some flat foam pad I believe. Glue it on with some 4200. That way there is less to hang on to and yank off. Gonna be first on my winter list of MUST DOS. THANKS EVERYONE for the great ideas.
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One more idea. Get some red can Weldwood contact cement and use that to adhere the foam. Don't use a water based contact cement. They do not work well on foam. Roughen both surfaces with 80 grit sandpaper before gluing. 4200 will slide around before curing. The contact cement is good to go within minutes, full strength in 24 hours. And, if you want to remove the foam, the glue will come off with some elbow grease and lacquer thinner. Removing cured 4200? Ugh!
 
ghone":14wxna6k said:
This is how we do it. Caps off before entering cabin. George
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Or. we could keep the cap on and glue (4200 or 5200?) pipe insulation to the cap with, of course, a stenciled C-Brat logo on it.
 
AstoriaDave":2es4t6jy said:
hambone":2es4t6jy said:
So many ideas I don't know where to start. I really like the last one about buying me a beer.

Gonna look at getting some flat foam pad I believe. Glue it on with some 4200. That way there is less to hang on to and yank off. Gonna be first on my winter list of MUST DOS. THANKS EVERYONE for the great ideas.
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One more idea. Get some red can Weldwood contact cement and use that to adhere the foam. Don't use a water based contact cement. They do not work well on foam. Roughen both surfaces with 80 grit sandpaper before gluing. 4200 will slide around before curing. The contact cement is good to go within minutes, full strength in 24 hours. And, if you want to remove the foam, the glue will come off with some elbow grease and lacquer thinner. Removing cured 4200? Ugh!
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I've never tried the WELDWOOD. I will give it a look see. You are right with 4200. Great big UGH getting it off. Thanks.
 
And why is it if you wear a billed hat that you always hit right on that little button on the cap ,driving it into your head . That really hurts.
Richard
 
Most of my friends seem to be over six feet tall. I'm five foot ten and fishing the Pacific Ocean out of Brookings Oregon the sea gets a bit testy most of the time and when the bite is on you seem to forget to duck going in the cab. Or at least I do. :?

I found a piece of pipe foam in the garage and gave the old WELDWOOD contact a go. By George I think it's the answer. My thanks to Astoria Dave for the suggestion. Pretty clean application and really holds on. I cut a two inch piece of pipe foam in half which gave me a flat surface to work with. Glued it to a piece of wood. That baby is flat on there let me tell you. OK, that's enough R&D for this old boy. Next trip back to Brookings I will add the foam to SEA WOLF.

At least now I'm not going to have to look for shorter friends. Again thanks Dave for the suggestion.
 
WELL IT'S DONE. I really liked the idea of using weldwood cement on pipe insulation and it came out just AWESOME. I sanded down the area to give the glue a good surface to adhere to. Applied glue to both insulation and door frame. Let me tell you they are there for the long haul now.



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hambone":6lbpxiun said:
WELL IT'S DONE. I really liked the idea of using weldwood cement on pipe insulation and it came out just AWESOME. I sanded down the area to give the glue a good surface to adhere to. Applied glue to both insulation and door frame. Let me tell you they are there for the long haul now.
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So I guess my suggestion of the board with the nails was completely rejected. :lol:
 
UncleRichie":vnvl2vxm said:
And why is it if you wear a billed hat that you always hit right on that little button on the cap ,driving it into your head . That really hurts.
Richard
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That would be Parsons' Postulate to Murphy's Law...

And it is, "Murphy is an optomist."

I've only hit my gourd once this morning. Right on the cap button.
 
rogerbum":ikmc9riy said:
hambone":ikmc9riy said:
WELL IT'S DONE. I really liked the idea of using weldwood cement on pipe insulation and it came out just AWESOME. I sanded down the area to give the glue a good surface to adhere to. Applied glue to both insulation and door frame. Let me tell you they are there for the long haul now.
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So I guess my suggestion of the board with the nails was completely rejected. :lol:
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Sorry Roger, a good idea but one that would invoke violence from time to time. :crook
 
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