Wilderness system pamlico100

[viperman100]

Ok so reading the other kayak makeover threads inspired me to share a couple pictures of my kayak.

so I've had the kayak for a while now, but have just recently really got to work on it.

Here she is the day I brought her home.
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz4/viperman100/fullsize.jpg

this one is with the spray skirt on, notice how the rear hatch is missing and was replaced with some homemade vaneer cover.
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz4/viperman100/sprayskirt.jpg

These are the rear mounted rod holders.
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz4/viperman100/20110420183241.jpg

And this is my creation, my personel dashboard, which contains my fish finder, a mount for the transducer and two forward mounted rod holders.
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz4/viperman100/20110420183138.jpg

A view from the drivers point of view.
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz4/viperman100/20110420183152.jpg

To hold it down I used two clothe line hooks from homedepot, cut them down and used wing nuts to make it easier to tighten and removal.
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz4/viperman100/20110420183221.jpg

notice the notch I made on the lip of the cockpit so that I dont have to completely remove the wing nuts in order to catch the lip of the hatch, i simply make sure the hook goes through the notch out and then slide it up to where I want it to sit and then tighten it down.
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz4/viperman100/20110420183214.jpg

I still have the anchor kit that I bought the same day I bought the rear rod holders just havent made time to put it on, but that and sanding and painting my dashboard are next on my list. Rod leashes and clips to mount paddle on the side of the boat will come later. Hope you guys enjoy the pictures and hopefully I've been able to give some people some ideas as well as welcome any ideas people have for me.

[fishinone]

Thanks for posting. I'm looking for ideas.

I made a Down rigger mount for a friends boat once, it's a lot like you dashboard.

Does a 5 gallon Bucket lid fit the hole at the back?

[viperman100]

I havent tried a bucket lid on there, but I dont think it would fit because the opening is oval. I actually already have the lid ordered and its on its way so I havent tried anything else.

[viperman100]

so here it is after we got back to the launch ramp, it was windy and the current was strong today so we only stayed a while and mostly paddled around, didnt do much fishing, but happy about how it handled in the rough stuff.

http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz4/viperman100/diamondvalleykayak.jpg