Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge  

Go Back   Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge > Kayak Fishing Forum - Message Board > General Kayak Fishing Discussion

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 12-22-2012, 12:05 AM   #1
dbarnett66
Danodog
 
dbarnett66's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Lakeside, CA
Posts: 155
Seat installation question - Scratching my head on this one.

Please don't laugh:



How am I going to access the rear hatch?
dbarnett66 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 05:05 AM   #2
tacmik
Senior Member
 
tacmik's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: East County
Posts: 913
Either get a new seat or maybe try and move the straps to the top of the seat and give you a different angle. Doesn't look like installing different anchor points on the yak will work.
__________________
tacmik is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 08:03 AM   #3
dbarnett66
Danodog
 
dbarnett66's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Lakeside, CA
Posts: 155
Quote:
Originally Posted by tacmik View Post
Either get a new seat or maybe try and move the straps to the top of the seat and give you a different angle. Doesn't look like installing different anchor points on the yak will work.
Do you mean reverse the front straps to the back and the back straps to the front? I will give it a shot.
dbarnett66 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 10:12 AM   #4
tomahawk
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 109
Reversing the straps won't work. The top straps need to go forward to react the load created when you lean back. The lower straps need to go bacl to stop the seat from slipping forward.
I would get a different seat. But if you are dead set on keeping that seat you need to make/get a spreader bar (pvc maybe) that attaches to the seat where the straps are currently and moves the strap attach points out to go around the hatch. The bar would need a feature that stops the straps from sliding off. If you make something post pictures.
tomahawk is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 01:09 PM   #5
tacmik
Senior Member
 
tacmik's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: East County
Posts: 913
Try taking the back straps while still attached to the original points on the seat and hook them forward and use the front straps to hook to the rear. In other words, reverse the anchor points. Front to back and back to front.
__________________
tacmik is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 03:16 PM   #6
dbarnett66
Danodog
 
dbarnett66's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Lakeside, CA
Posts: 155
I dont think this seat is going to work. Even if I clear the straps the tackle boxes are still in the way.

dbarnett66 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 03:49 PM   #7
slobslayer
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Santee
Posts: 384
You gotta make it work, that's a sweet setup!
slobslayer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 04:04 PM   #8
Dannowar
Senior Member
 
Dannowar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 1,823
You have a hatch in front of you still. If it comes down to it, just Unclip a strap and get what you need.
__________________
"Beware the lollipop of mediocrity; lick it once and you’ll suck forever." — Brian Wilson
Dannowar is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 04:39 PM   #9
tacmik
Senior Member
 
tacmik's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: East County
Posts: 913
Good excuse to buy a new yak. Honey, I need to buy a yak to fit my seat.
__________________
tacmik is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 05:05 PM   #10
TJones
Senior Member
 
TJones's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 2,522
that is a nice setup

make it work. wheelchair for sell?
TJones is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 05:11 PM   #11
lowprofile
#1 on fishstick's hitlist
 
lowprofile's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Sea level
Posts: 1,476
well if you get another seat with the straps out further they cover the rod holders...

what do you really need in there? a battery?
__________________
MLPA- My Largest Poaching Area
lowprofile is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 05:21 PM   #12
danjor
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Riverside CA
Posts: 673
Quote:
Originally Posted by lowprofile View Post
well if you get another seat with the straps out further they cover the rod holders...

what do you really need in there? a battery?
Thats exactly where i would put my battery if I had one of those instead of the 2012 models.
danjor is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 05:41 PM   #13
dbarnett66
Danodog
 
dbarnett66's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Lakeside, CA
Posts: 155
Quote:
Originally Posted by tacmik View Post
Good excuse to buy a new yak. Honey, I need to buy a yak to fit my seat.
You are looking at a 2013 X Factor that has never touched the water. My wife put my PFD under the Christmas tree. Waiting anxiously to get out.
dbarnett66 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 05:42 PM   #14
dbarnett66
Danodog
 
dbarnett66's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Lakeside, CA
Posts: 155
Quote:
Originally Posted by danjor View Post
Thats exactly where i would put my battery if I had one of those instead of the 2012 models.
You know, that makes too much sense. You might have saved the day. I kicked that idea around with Brian at OEX and then thought I could use it as a fish hold for crappie. But I really want to keep the seat and I can find other places to stick the fish.

Last edited by dbarnett66; 12-22-2012 at 05:58 PM.
dbarnett66 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 05:43 PM   #15
dbarnett66
Danodog
 
dbarnett66's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Lakeside, CA
Posts: 155
Thanks for helping me think out of the box. The replies are awesome and this boy is learning.
dbarnett66 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 05:46 PM   #16
dbarnett66
Danodog
 
dbarnett66's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Lakeside, CA
Posts: 155
Quote:
Originally Posted by TJones View Post
make it work. wheelchair for sell?
I wish that chair could be sold. But it is my father-in-laws and it stays with us for some reason.
dbarnett66 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 06:20 PM   #17
danjor
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Riverside CA
Posts: 673
Quote:
Originally Posted by dbarnett66 View Post
You know, that makes too much sense. You might have saved the day. I kicked that idea around with Brian at OEX and then thought I could use it as a fish hold for crappie. But I really want to keep the seat and I can find other places to stick the fish.
Yup perfect place to put a trolling motor battery storage wise and weight distribution wise assuming your turning the front hatch into a bait tank. Than you will have a nice forward bait tank and a trolling motor to do circles around hobies while maintaining a low center of gravity!
danjor is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 08:44 PM   #18
dbarnett66
Danodog
 
dbarnett66's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Lakeside, CA
Posts: 155
Quote:
Originally Posted by danjor View Post
Yup perfect place to put a trolling motor battery storage wise and weight distribution wise assuming your turning the front hatch into a bait tank. Than you will have a nice forward bait tank and a trolling motor to do circles around hobies while maintaining a low center of gravity!
The battery is for the fish finder and bait tank only. I bought one of those battery box complete things from OEX. I would not want to suffer from the pained stares of the members of this forum if I was using a trolling motor on the high seas. haha
dbarnett66 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-22-2012, 11:07 PM   #19
RGB
Member
 
RGB's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: El Cajon
Posts: 45
Maybe you could have the straps moved outward on the seat a bit if you can find someone who has a heavy duty sewing machine. Might block those flush mounts then but a couple Scotty mounts would take care of that. I wouldn't want to ditch that seat either.
__________________
-Ron
RGB is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-23-2012, 08:08 AM   #20
Jimmyz123
Senior Member
 
Jimmyz123's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,385
Maybe you can install some hooks or guides that you can feed the straps through to force them around the hatch opening. Do the straps have adjusters on them to give you a little more slack?

In the picture you see the red line that indicates the path of the strap. The black circles indicate estimated location of strap guides. Does this make sense?
__________________
No better time than being on the water,

God Bless,
JimmyZ

Jimmyz123 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 02:28 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
© 2002 Big Water's Edge. All rights reserved.