kfa4303
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hi all. after much searching over hill and dale, I found a nice little bamboo stand with tons of perfect pushpole specimens. I went ahead an got a few good ones (thick, medium, skinny) to experiment with, but I'm still trying to figure out a good way to them to the top of rubrails on my boat like you seen on all the flats skiffs. I know they sell plastic pole holders and the like, but I'm not sure how well they'd work considering no two pieces of bamboo are exactly the same circumference and they tend to taper at one end, so while they would may fit snuggly into a hole at one end, they would bounce around quite a it at the other end. Oh and I'm a cheap, lazy #$@#, and a DIY kind of guy I was thinking of more of a nylon/vlecro lashing system of some sort that I could tighten down on the pole as needed to keep it from bouncing around in transit and while underway. Maybe cut some PVC in half length wise, mount them to the rub rail and use them as cradles. I could then put some kind of adjustable nylon/vleco lashing through a slit in the PVC to snug them down? I know PVC will eventually break down in the sun, but I keep my boat covered when not in use which should help cut down on the UV exposure. Plus I can always make a new set for free, if/when need be. I'm open to ideas. If worse comes to worse, I can just buy some, but what's the fun in that? Thanks.