Kayak rack for Whaler
 

been designing a rack to hold my kayak on my Boston Whaler, (designing for now in my head of course). Has anyone had any experience with making a rack to attach to a boat? I was thinking about soemthing to fit into my rod holders but I'm concerned that they might not hold the load

Going to Catalina to camp in Septmeber, taking my Whaler and I want to take my Yak
rich
:kayak-surfer:

check out the youtube video on this site.
http://www.fishdoccharters.com/

sweet video. Thats what i have in mind. Do you sell the system?

I have a Montauk which has railing both sides

tks
rich

not mine, I just remembered seeing that video a couple weeks ago on his post. Cool setup for a small boat.

It looks like all they did was attach a couple J-racks to something that would fit into the rod holders. A very simple and effective design. If you want to give it a try, I have some J-racks that I would be willing to sell.

If interested, please PM me.

Bob

I've been tossing around ideas on how to secure my kayaks to my whaler also. This is my whaler. As you can see I made my own bow rails so my kids can walk around safely. The feet are three hole and only thru bolted on one hole due to the small lip. I used marine adhesive and stainless steel self tappers on the other two holes. The problem I see securing the kayaks (x-factor & mini-x) to the top of the rails is that there's just too much side to side slop that will pull the feet out of the fiberglass. Even with it thru bolted. If your whaler railing hasn't been modified than it's self tappers into the side which is even thinner walled than the gunnel I am secured to. What I ended up doing is laying my kayaks under the bow railing and on top of the gunnels and using the vertical railing supports to rest and secure against. In short I just don't think the railing will support your kayaks without damaging your boat.