With pvc, you can heat it with a heat gun, and bend it into any shape, so you could bend it to the shape of the boat, also, if you cut slits on the ends, you could heat the end and bend it like a box lid, to cover the ends of the tubes.
I would think, put another piece on the front because me personally that’s where I like to stand when I’m fishing I have a little bass boat like that. I think it’s a good idea 👍
They really could have been put lower on this boat to get the most stability out of them. I put them a little higher on my other boat so I could get less drag on the boat when running the outboard. You’re right though, this boat will probably never see a motor big enough to worry about planing it off. But who knows what I’ll end up doing. Thank you for your input and thanks for watching.
Maybe with the room you have on side of boat, double the down spout putting 3 inch side to boat making a 6 inch tall and 4inch wide floatation rail on each side, try a heat gun for forming. Thank you for trying this, and sharing. Definitely gets the ideas flowing. Be careful and God bless.
Great idea. Suggestion: use a heat gun to blow hot air into the tube while it is strapped against the boat and it will soften and form to the hull more naturally. I've done this with pvc pipe
Mad scientist! I love it!!! I think that foam will get waterlogged though, watch out for that, but i like your idea to use that downspout for bouyancy. Now i kinda wanna use it to make a raft 🤣
@@wisdomandthewoods7422 You know it! Something to consider is that pink XPS foam home insulation. You could cut it to size pretty easy i'd think, and that's the stuff they use to make paddleboards and yaks.
Great idea. What if instead of putting it above the side rib on the boat it was placed under that rib. Would that not help eliminate some of the instability? If the floats were lower it might not have as much tilt before the stabilizers actually do their job. Just spitballing ideas. The wife and I went out yesterday and I got my babtism in 30ft of water when it rolled to one side and dumped my fat ass overboard. And of course, she only weighs about a buck twenty so there was no getting back in the boat because she doesn't weigh enough to hold down the other side while I get back in. Had to old on to the boat while she trolled back to where I could touch.
@@TimCoble-l6w I’m glad y’all are OK. You are absolutely correct about putting the the stabilizers below the rib. It would be doing its job at all times that way. I put it above the rib just in case I wanted to put an outboard motor on it. Having it above the rib was to have less drag. I have videos where I made stabilizers on another boat (v-hull) and having them just touch the water allows good speed and the stabilizers only work when they are needed. You should check them out. Thank you for watching and commenting.
I may do that on another video. I keep putting them higher up to keep from having the stabilizers ploughing through the water. Trying to get the best of both worlds. I do need to experiment with mounting some lower so that they are working full time rather than just when the boat is leaning to one side. I do think that it could possibly risk a false sense of security though, creating a tipping point (or a fast tip spot) once the stabilizer is so far down in a lean. Higher up, you have a clear reference point being the water line. Good ideas. Thank you for the input.
Just a heads up. People have commented that the vinyl downspouts could be heated to make them bend more easily. Idk why I didn’t think of that I’ve done it on PVC several times. Thank you for watching. Let us know how it goes.👍🏻
Correct, they are doing nothing as long as you are in the middle of the boat and the boat isn’t pushed down on one side. Thank you for watching and for the comment.
Should have mounted at Water line at minimum. Shouldn't affect if run outboard. But would make contact with Water as soon as you lean one way or the other
