Skid plates for T120

Mercy · Post by **Mercy** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 2:14 pm

Because I'm a 500 lb. weakling....

....I end up draggin' my boat...a LOT. (I'm talkin' about on dry land...not the water) I had fiberglass skid plates put on my canoe to protect it. Can the same thing be done to my 'yak?

CaptJack · Post by **CaptJack** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 2:23 pm

Make sure your rudder is flipped up
and just drag it like the rest of us

Birdsnest · Post by **Birdsnest** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 3:13 pm

Have you considered the little 2 wheel kayak haulers? They cost about $75.00, but they make moving the yak on land pretty easy.

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 3:17 pm

Bettie
For short distances I drag them like everyone else. For long distances I use a Yak cart that I made. It works great on the river rocks and the beach sand.

Mercy · Post by **Mercy** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 3:25 pm

I don't have much problem draggin' it, at least for relatively short distances. I just worry that I'm tearin' up the bottom. No?

Newt · Post by **Newt** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 4:43 pm

As Capt Jack has said before "It's just a tupperware boat, drag it.". If you'll look the bottom where it blends to the bow & the stern is thicker. I think they made it that way on purpose.

cyberyakker · Post by **cyberyakker** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 11:53 pm

I don't know where my reply went...

I was saying as dear pig-keeping, fly-fishing, monkey-angel hugging Mercy was thinking it might not be a bad product. I was thinking something about the lines of the keel guard that is available for motor boats, just thinner. That would facilitate my yak-landing when i got back to the ramp... I could just ram it all the way in.

Any polymer experts amongst you monkey-angels that might want to develop it to make a few bucks?

Newt · Post by **Newt** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 11:57 pm

This was brought up before. I think the consensus was, it would be difficult to make it stick to the Polyethylene hulls.

CaptJack · Post by **CaptJack** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 12:00 am

you could glue a keel guard on with 3-M 5200
that's what most have been using to glue in their transducers

cyberyakker · Post by **cyberyakker** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 12:30 am

but would a keel guard (as thick as they are) interfere with the hydrodynamics of the yak? I was thinking of something just as tough, but thinner.

By the way... my posting rate has gone waaaaay up with this new board. I like it.

BillSS · Post by **BillSS** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 8:31 am

How about a piece of heavy canvas tied through the scupper holes for dragging. Take it off and stuff inside when you get to the water.
BillS

cyberyakker · Post by **cyberyakker** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 8:34 am

Now, that's an excellent idea for the lightest possible yak "cart".

Mercy · Post by **Mercy** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 10:02 am

You know, my canoe is ABS plastic, and the outfitter from whom I bought it applied thin fiberglass patches to both ends. What type of material is my 'yak? The same thing can't be done????

M-D · Post by **M-D** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 10:08 am

The kayaks are polyethylene, and as such, very little will bond to them. Any adhesive up to the task is exotic, ergo expensive. Even if we could apply a skid, the leading edge would have to be feathered in so as to prevent excess drag. On the stern keel, I dont think this would be too much of a problem, but on the bow keel, where it is considerably narrower, I think it would have a tendency to want to peel.

I'll look into this, find a solution, then get rich offering keel kits for plastic boats. :wink:

M-D

Mercy · Post by **Mercy** » Fri Jun 13, 2003 10:14 am

Sounds like a lucrative venture M-D! Put me down for one....er...two....

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