Kayak rack for Whaler

[kareem korn]

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.