Kayak outriggers with crab pot floats and pvc

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Kayak outriggers made from pvc pipe and crab pot floats.
Supplies needed:
1.5 inch schedule 40 pvc (about 6 ft)
2 in schedule 80 pvc (about 3 ft or a little wider than kayak)
.75 in pvc ( about 15 ft )
4-6 crab pot floats
.75 in pvc elbows (8)
1.5 in elbows (2)
1.5 in to 1 in pvc reducer bushing (2)
.75 in pvc tee (2)
2 in conduit bracket (2)
Hitch pins (2)
Pvc glue

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11 май 2019

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@boodoodoo2 3 года назад

I'm looking to do same but on a 17' canoe. My crossbar will be u-bolted to the center thwart and unlike you I need to build some vertical adjustment to account for how heavy the boat is with gear and people. I was thinking 2" crossbar with 2" tees and 1-1/2" verticals that I can pin into height adjustment. So because I need a static crossbar width could you tell me how far out your outriggers are from the side of your boat? It appears to be 24-30"? I know the longer out it gets the more stable it will be but I won't know until I try. I can also retract the outriggers off the water for paddling or motoring with an electric motor. The added length and height obviously adding flexibility and losing strength.

@timlong1462 3 года назад

I drilled multiple holes I could drop a pin through to change the width of the stance. It all depends on how much overlap of the pipe you think you will need. Obviously as you said the further out the less support there is, and the more flexing there will be. Something I have had to do since making these was to support the T into the reducer coupling area. I had to do some fiberglass/resin repair wrap around it, because that was a weak link in the system. As far as the width goes I don’t think you will see much benefit beyond the outriggers sticking out past 3 feet. Beyond that the flexing will become too much of an issue. I think 2.5 feet is a good distance from the side of the hull. If you design yours as I did and make multiple holes you can easily adjust that distance though which is handy for squeezing through a narrow area.

@boodoodoo2 3 года назад

@@timlong1462 thanks for the feedback. My crossmember will be a 2” non adjustable and will be ABS so a little stiffer. The vertical members will terminate in a tee with a crab float fore and aft. The small piping here will be a weakness but I might fill them with a broomstick or something to provide stiffness.