I purchased a set of commercial pontoons some years back for my canoe.
Here's the link if the imbedded pic didn't come thru http://store.springcreek.com/Stabilizer-Floats/Stabilizer-Floats-c677/
I have the old style ethafoam cylinders not the more streamlined Polyethylene model - I should have upgraded. I also have a motor mount from them that fits into the crossbar and hold the 50# electric I use in the canoe. You can adjust the height of the pontoons based on the weight in the canoe. I don't like the floats too deep but if they are not in the water when the canoe is flat and stable there is too much rock (side-to-side) for me. I can stand in the canoe comfortably and actually have a piece of plywood that fits over the gunwales to sit and stand on. Standing up high makes poling the canoe easier. If I am fishing alone in the canoe I sit backwards in the front seat and move the battery forward to keep both ends of the canoe in the water. When there are two fishing I move the floats behind the rear seat. If you didn't have a motor tied to the floats, the center mount might be best. My canoe is a 1962 era aluminum flatwater canoe with very few dents. I picked it up from a TU guy in 1988 and will probably give it to my son (he has two boys 4 & 2). I think I need something on a trailer - either that canoe is gaining weight or I am just getting old.............
From: Miles <md@oppidi.net>
To: tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 8:26 AM
Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Canoe Outriggers/Stabilizers
Here's the link if the imbedded pic didn't come thru http://store.springcreek.com/Stabilizer-Floats/Stabilizer-Floats-c677/
I have the old style ethafoam cylinders not the more streamlined Polyethylene model - I should have upgraded. I also have a motor mount from them that fits into the crossbar and hold the 50# electric I use in the canoe. You can adjust the height of the pontoons based on the weight in the canoe. I don't like the floats too deep but if they are not in the water when the canoe is flat and stable there is too much rock (side-to-side) for me. I can stand in the canoe comfortably and actually have a piece of plywood that fits over the gunwales to sit and stand on. Standing up high makes poling the canoe easier. If I am fishing alone in the canoe I sit backwards in the front seat and move the battery forward to keep both ends of the canoe in the water. When there are two fishing I move the floats behind the rear seat. If you didn't have a motor tied to the floats, the center mount might be best. My canoe is a 1962 era aluminum flatwater canoe with very few dents. I picked it up from a TU guy in 1988 and will probably give it to my son (he has two boys 4 & 2). I think I need something on a trailer - either that canoe is gaining weight or I am just getting old.............
Bruce Mathews
703.772.7167
703.772.7167
From: Miles <md@oppidi.net>
To: tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 8:26 AM
Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Canoe Outriggers/Stabilizers
Per --
That's awesome. A couple questions: where did you get the oarlocks? And when it's just you in the canoe, are the floats touching the water? Do they drag when you're underway?
thanks,
Miles
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That's awesome. A couple questions: where did you get the oarlocks? And when it's just you in the canoe, are the floats touching the water? Do they drag when you're underway?
thanks,
Miles
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