Posted by Dave Adamson
Pimp My Kayak
Sunday, June 13th, 2010
This article outlines how to fit the Garmin 90 fishfinder to an Ocean Kayak Prowler 13. The information within the article can easily be utilised to fit any brand of fishfinder to any fishing kayak on the market. the type and size of the fishfinder you are installing will influence the design of the installation. [...]
Posted by Scrumpy
Featured, Pimp My Kayak
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
For a couple of years now I’ve fancied having my own livewell on the kayak. I did have a half hearted attempt a year or so back with an old cool box, though that was deemed a failure in the very early stages. There’s another issue, just how often am I actually going to use [...]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Many of you will know that I am not the greatest fan of my C-Tug ??? Partly down to some bad design features, partly because I have rigged my PBG with motor and batteries ( so it is heavy ) and partly down to the places where I use it (step uneven river banks) All [...]
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Pimp My Kayak
Monday, March 29th, 2010

Article By Ian Alexander To get the trolley to run as far back towards the stern as possible I’ve made use of the rudder mounting holes and fitted a plate that I made from 3mm stainless steel plate. This was an idea I got from a post on the AA site. Along with some shock [...]
Posted by Scrumpy
Kayaks, Tackle, Clothing, Extras., Pimp My Kayak
Sunday, March 28th, 2010
I while ago I purchased a Mondeo estate for my wife to run about in. It does manage over 40mpg with the yak on the roof at ‘motorway speeds’ and as a result it’s ideally suited for those long road trips. However, I find getting the Big Game on and off the roof a pain, [...]
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Pimp My Kayak
Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Fitting of the rudder is a very simple procedure. It just bolts on to the kayak. The instructions that come with the rudder are detailed and comprehensive. The difficultly is in threading the the rudder line through, so I will concentrate on that part only
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Friday, March 19th, 2010

Article By Simon Everett You have to understand how a rudder works on a kayak. Because it is a “boat” people think a rudder is for steering and making it go round…..it isn’t! Not on a kayak anyway. On a boat, yes. On a kayak, a rudder is a steerable skeg. In other words it [...]
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Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Article By Neil Bugnol – Kingfisheryakking Having used a cable tidy for the past two years, I decided it was time to sort myself out with something a little better for storage of my anchor rope. I have found myself short sometimes with the 50m of 8mm rope that I normally use, so replacement storage [...]
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Pimp My Kayak
Thursday, February 25th, 2010

OK firstly this is not my idea, loads of people have done this before on other sites this is just to help people who might want to make a cheap home made trolley for their yak. Its so simple, even a monkey like me managed it – although I did need help from Sam to [...]
Posted by Dave Adamson
Fishing And Catching, Pimp My Kayak, Safety Zone
Friday, October 9th, 2009

Forum member Dave Adamson describes his fool proof method for anchoring his kayak in strong tides. This method also allows for easy retrieval of your kayak anchor whilst the tide is still running strong. There are still a lot of the lads who are either unsure how to anchor or nervous of trying. Since changing [...]
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