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Title: Suggestions for hiking rack? Post by: DNewbie on January 28, 2010, 11:43:26 AM How many rungs do you like?
Any preference on the wood species? How about the actual dimensions of the stock used to make the rungs? ( height and width ) Also, I noticed some DNs have a rope used as sort of grab handle in the fore of the cockpit which I assume is for the skipper to pull themselves forward as needed. Is this useful or does it get in the way? Boat is almost ready for its closeup so I will try to post some pics next week. Title: Re: Suggestions for hiking rack? Post by: Bob Rast DN1313 on January 28, 2010, 02:34:27 PM 2 or 3 is plenty you want to learn to get down and as far forward as possible.
Mine is 2 pieces of 1/8 ply 1/12" wide laid on floor along sides with 1 strip in the center and 3 steps aproximatly 11/2 X 5/8 or 3/4 use some hard wood oak birch or ash as your spikes will chew it up. Round front edge where your heels might hit . If want it removable lay some viscuine under everything and assemble with epoxy. you can then install with a couple of small screws or double sided tape. otherwise you could just glue the steps across floor permanetly. here is alink to kent composites check his design http://www.csi-composites.com/hulls.htm Get out on the ice and look around rasty Dn1313 Title: Re: Suggestions for hiking rack? Post by: DNewbie on January 28, 2010, 03:06:47 PM Rasty,
Thanks for the suggestions, this is the kind of info I'm looking for. I did get out on the ice last week and saw a guy with five steps on his rack, not including the top and bottom. This seemed a bit much so I thought I'd see what other skippers liked. Title: Re: Suggestions for hiking rack? Post by: Geoff Sobering on January 29, 2010, 10:59:06 AM My rack is just a pice of 1/8" (3mm) plywood (deck/bottom material) cut to fit in the space in front of the knees. It just fits (more or less) snugly in place (no screws, tape, etc.).
I used Ash for the rungs (in my case, singular: rung) and supported it with pieces of ash along the sides (and, of course, lots of WEST with fillets). So far no problems, but I use it almost exclusively for pulling myself down into the boat with my heels so it may not get the same wear-and-tear as other racks. Cheers, Geoff S. |