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Social distancing: expert mode! Not another soul to be seen, with the nearest vessel being the author’s mate in his kayak about 3km away.
LKayak rack project rejigged during the restrictions
AST month we stepped Scratching around behind the old through the manufacture of shed, I dragged out a few lengths a drop-in rack for my box of obsolete PVC stormwater pipe. I
Fishing for Sport
by NEIL SCHULTZ
trailer to allow my kayaks to be switched up a size from 100mm to
transported upright, and launched and loaded without lifting. In the final state as pictured last month, the rig worked perfectly allowing even my heaviest tandem Hobie to be slipped onto the skids without heavy manual handling, as planned.
cal test of the kayak rack and then a lazy hour or so of bird watching and koala spotting to ease a worsening case of cabin fever.
125mm on the house to prevent los- ing rainwater during heavy down- pours – remember them? Taking out the centre timber skids and chocks removed a total of 9.6 metres of 4x2 pine from the rig, lightening it by a full 25kg.
With local lakes closed and travel restrictions in place, my only option was a quick splash around in the riv- er a few kilometres from home. No fishing was involved, only a practi-
My rugged construction of the original design had its one flaw exposed when it came to removing it from the trailer – damn, it was heavy – time for a little redesign. So after thinking about it while sipping a coffee and watching the sunrise, I came up with a possible solution.
A few holes drilled through the PVC pipe and the use of a socket extension allowed two lengths to be bolted to the cross beams to take the
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