Tape Measure - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Aaron · 06-06-2010, 09:10 AM

My aluminum rulers are great. Why wouldn't you like them? They have a clear coat on them to keep the oxidation off, though with some pretty easy maintenance, aluminum does fine in the salt. They were cheap too. A few bucks a piece from my local hardware store. Mounted them on both sides of the boat for convenience with 4 pop rivets in each. I don't even notice they are there until I need them. But the sewing tape will work too and I ran that for a bit...until my wife needed it and killed me b/c the ends had rusted off!

Only other suggestion I can make is to make sure you figure out where you want to mount them while sitting in the boat. I had a friend who's rulers ended up on the sides of the boat b/c that where they fit best, but once you sat in the boat, you couldn't see them at all.

06-06-2010, 09:10 AM	#2
Aaron Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 175	My aluminum rulers are great. Why wouldn't you like them? They have a clear coat on them to keep the oxidation off, though with some pretty easy maintenance, aluminum does fine in the salt. They were cheap too. A few bucks a piece from my local hardware store. Mounted them on both sides of the boat for convenience with 4 pop rivets in each. I don't even notice they are there until I need them. But the sewing tape will work too and I ran that for a bit...until my wife needed it and killed me b/c the ends had rusted off! Only other suggestion I can make is to make sure you figure out where you want to mount them while sitting in the boat. I had a friend who's rulers ended up on the sides of the boat b/c that where they fit best, but once you sat in the boat, you couldn't see them at all.