I thought that I would take a moment to show you all how I installed my Oceangrip nonskid to my PA12. For the record, I'm really not interested in any sort of an Oceangrip vs Seadek debate, I'm posting this mostly to show how my install worked out for me. Oceangrip happened to be located near me when I was on my last vacation to FL so I met up with them and had them measure my PA12 with their high tech gadget. Getting their level of accuracy without it would be challenging. The PAs are badass, but as far as I'm concerned the raising of tackle management system and recessing of the Hydro-turf in the front deck area is a mistake so I took some time to fix that as part of my installation. This is my first time posting pictures on here so hopefully I don't screw it up.
First off I removed the Hydro-turf and cleaned everything up as best I could.
Then I used the piece of Hydro-turf as a pattern to cut out 1/8" thick lexan into the proper shape for the recessed area.
Next I roughed up both surfaces with sandpaper for better adhesion and then glued the lexan to the kayak with Locktite PL Premium construction adhesive. That stuff will glue a used car salesman to tefflon! Then I used some pieces of wood and old paint cans to hold the lexan in place until it cured for 24 hours.
The front deck area is now 'leveled up'.
Since the Oceangrip will have some of the hardware so near it's edge, I decided to flush mount some of the hardware to prevent the possibility of it peeling up over time. I used a countersink drillbit for wood and only used my fingers to gut into the kayak. **Using a drill is unnecessary and you will very likely take out to much material!** I replaced the screw with a quality stainless steel one.
Front deck installed. From what I understand their production version is going to be different, but if you like this then give them a call.
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The whole ride. I've chosen not to install anything over the tackle management system or around the scuppers under the front part of the seat so that it's more level for when I'm standing on it.
Be safe out there,
Dave
