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Old 04-01-2015, 19:19   #76
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Re: Getting Closer to a Porta Bote

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Celestial,

I like that. How did you secure it fore and aft?

How did the Garhauer frames mount? Did you have to take the life lines down to slip them on? Or did the bolt on using u bolts or something?
The project is not yet finished. I just set the boat in the racks for now. I will build a canvas bag with a wood floor (with limber slots). The wooden floor will be around 8' long. fastened to the racks with SS tube clamps. A zipper keeps the whole mess secure.
The Garhauer rackclamps are 2 piece, so the lifelines stay up.. I had my kayak in them all the way down the west coast with zero issues. Some sloppy seas too.
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Old 04-01-2015, 19:24   #77
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CS, do you ever have any issues with boarding seas? I would love to mount our bote like you have, but I'm concerned about the forces of an impacting or boarding wave. No issue?
So far...no. When I go across the pond, I might add extra lashings(possibly one of them to the upper stay). The racks sit on the toe rail as not to stress the stantions.
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