[Paddlewise] Ice Chest in a Yak

Joshua Teitelbaum wrote:

[snip]
> BTW, thanks to Rex for that pointer to his www.kayakfit.com website.  I had
> not heard of it, and it is fantastic. [snip]

Wow.  What a great job, Rex!  An attaboy to Josh, also, for his testimonial --
it motivated me to hit Rex' site.

Buried towards the end of the "Instructions" are text and pictures detailing
Rex' method for incorporating an **ice chest** into the rear compartment of his
kayak.  Y'all have to check this out!

An excerpt from Rex' site:

[BEGIN] I utilize my rear bulkhead, which is foam, as one end of an ice chest,
accessible by means of the rear hatch. I lined the [interior of the] deck and
hull aft of the bulkhead with foam from half-inch Insulite pads and made a two
piece door out of heavy foam backed with fiberglass. The two piece door easily
fits through the hatch and jams into place against the Insulite, sealing the
ice chest nicely. (The latch for the door is a paint stirring stick with Velcro
attached to one side. The two halves of the door have Velcro also. When the
stick is attached to the two sections of door it all acts as one stiff piece.
[END]

Rex:  I assume you use blue ice or similar so when it melts, it does not leak
into the rest of the rear compartment, yes?

-- 
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
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