Eyelet construction

Simeon had a great idea to install attachment points inside the seats. My first thought was stainless steel hooks, but they have a tendency to poke holes in dry bags.

I remembered a trick I developed when I built my kayak. I wanted loops on the topside of the kayak for bungees. I cut a slit in the wood and then put the loop through the slit. This is almost exactly the same.

First, I found some 3/4" nylon webbing. The important bit is that it is nylon and will melt.
Then I cut some 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" squares from 4.2mm plywood.

6) 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" squares and black nylon webbing

Add a line through the middle.

Drill some holes to make slots. I used 5/32" bit.

5/32" bit drilling the slot

Then I used a file to clean the slot.

I had a file that was just the right thickness to clean it out.

6 squares with a slot.

Now comes the fun part. You need to make loops out of the nylon strapping. I do it with a butane torch and a pliers.

Melt the nylon.

After you melt the nylon, you need to flatten the end. I pressed it against the anvil of my vise.

Press against the vise anvil

This makes a nice flat area.

Flattened it.

Now you can slip that through the slot.

A nice loop for attachments.

But I wasn't very happy. It stood too proud of the surface.

Proud of the surface.

But that's easy to fix with a forstner bit. (I didn't get a picture of the actual drilling.)

Chow out the bottom with a forstner.

Initially, I made 6 of them. But that isn't enough, so I made another batch of 6. Now I need to figure out where to place the 12 of them.

I know 2 of them will go on the inner ends of B4 & B5 under each hatch. I'm going to hang toy hammocks there. I'll pick up some stainless S hooks later.

The next step is to epoxy coat the pieces. Then can put the loops through and then glue them inside the hull where I want them. They should be low profile and easy to attach bungee nets without getting in the way.