gear storage solution?

[William Novotny]

Originally Posted by Caffeind

Hey Will, my buddy had a similar storage problem with his Necky Dolphin...A standard crate just wouldnt fit.

He built this out of a dishpan, some PVC pipe (heated and pushed on a wine bottle for the openings) and a piece of metal acrossed the part where he mounted the rod holders to add stability. With the crown yours has you may need to add something to shim up the side gaps before you strap it down.

This is the best pic I could find to blow up the "crate/pan".
Probably cost him less than $20.
Hope it helps. Good luck.

Hey Gary! Yeah before anything I need to shim the back to raise the plain above the crown like you said. I'm gonna look for a really shallow sturdy box and rig it up. I was gonna try a crate but I'm worried about having stuff stowed that high above water level. The lack of a tankwell is a real pain but I'm trying to work around it and overcome. I'm getting the most out off this yaks strong points so ill tinker and enjoy it till I get something better.

[bubblehide]

It sounds like all you really need to figure out is how to mount your Pelican box. It's pretty easy, just use an angle gauge (Home Depot has them) to figure out the angle of your hull, then use some plastic of an appropriate width, thickness, and length, as a spacer from your topside to being level with or just above your crown and bolt through using some 5200 or the like.

However, if your installing a battery box, you might want to think about mounting it inside the yak, to as you stated, keep the center of gravity low.

[William Novotny]

Originally Posted by bubblehide

It sounds like all you really need to figure out is how to mount your Pelican box. It's pretty easy, just use an angle gauge (Home Depot has them) to figure out the angle of your hull, then use some plastic of an appropriate width, thickness, and length, as a spacer from your topside to being level with or just above your crown and bolt through using some 5200 or the like.

However, if your installing a battery box, you might want to think about mounting it inside the yak, to as you stated, keep the center of gravity low.

Not for a battery box, just gear storage. When I get my finder all will be ran and mounted inside.just need someplace to keep tackle and tools. And leave enough space for a couple flush mounts. But good info on the angle gauge. Probably a dumb question but what is 5200? I'm guessing its a grade of stainless but I'm a laymen when it comes to this stuff.

[bubblehide]

3M 5200 is a marine caulking.

[William Novotny]

Gotcha. I've got marine goop is that the same or is the goop just an adhesive?