Paddle Predicament
 

just purchased used 14ft. alumacraft boat. have 2 new 4 ft. paddles I don't want clanking around on the floor of boat and getting in the way. wanted to know if anybody has come up with a solution. was thinking about mounting them on outside one on each side, just under the upper rim. couldn't find any mounting equipment anywhere. any ideas and help would be appreciated. thanks!

Go take a look at the kayak accessories in Academy. They will have several paddle storage solutions.

I keep a paddle or two in the inside of our 16 foot alumacraft. There are some seat brackets (that connect the seat to the gunwales) that the paddles tuck nicely behind and are completely out of the way until they are needed. Before I noticed that it worked well that way, I had them held in about the same spot with bungee cords.

If they're round shaft paddles almost any kayak mounting solutions will work.


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I wouldn't put them on the outside. They will end up hanging on stumps and brush.

I just tie a rope through the side rib and use it to tie the paddle up against the side off the floor.

I leave them in the boat year round so the weather gets to them and they kept falling apart with the elements until I made my own paddle and it last for 3-4 years or more before you need a new one.

what I did was go to home depot and buy a pressure treated 5 quarter deck plank and then I cut 1 1/4" off each side (which leaves the handle 1" thick by 2 1/2" wide) all the way down to where the paddle end was and fourty fived it there leaving the last 18-24" at 6" wide, then I used a router to round and smooth the edges. this gave me a super strong paddle/push pole to use and you can sit in the front deck seat and easily paddle reaching both sides of the boat without needing to stretch or move from one side to the other to be able to paddle since the paddle is 6 ft long in my case