03-22-2012, 03:06 PM
that wood is just a mould/form... once the shell hardens its removed from that and used as a hollow composite pontoon.. very little extra weight compared to an inflatable, but its rigid and almost impenetrable by hooks, jagged rocks, or the occasional toothed fish thrashing around
researching other designs like this it seems the shell is self supporting, you would just need to find a way to attach a seat... and well since the pontoons are rigid/solid, you could mount a bar directly between the pontoons, no need to build some heavy cage around them like in the inflatable ones
so... id probably just bolt some PVC pipe flanges to the inside of each pontoon, glue 1" or 1.5" piece of PVC between them to hold them together and give you a place to sit
also with this design the pontoon is flat on top so you could add a small ledge around it and use as much of the pontoon top as you wanted for storage... and maybe have a door on top of each pontoon to store things inside them....
im even trying to work out a way of installing lovewells in them if i have enough flotation after partititioning a section off for this
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researching other designs like this it seems the shell is self supporting, you would just need to find a way to attach a seat... and well since the pontoons are rigid/solid, you could mount a bar directly between the pontoons, no need to build some heavy cage around them like in the inflatable ones
so... id probably just bolt some PVC pipe flanges to the inside of each pontoon, glue 1" or 1.5" piece of PVC between them to hold them together and give you a place to sit
also with this design the pontoon is flat on top so you could add a small ledge around it and use as much of the pontoon top as you wanted for storage... and maybe have a door on top of each pontoon to store things inside them....
im even trying to work out a way of installing lovewells in them if i have enough flotation after partititioning a section off for this
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