Making the floor for my foldable kayaks

I used the Gen 23 kayak as an example in showing you how I built the floors for my kayaks.
If you need more information in building a foldable kayak, please feel free to contact me at [e-mail]

[@zasx119]

Thank you for making videos like this, it reminds me so much of old KZbin and how people used to share many DIY projects and backyard engineering. Wishing you good health and wealth!

[@DIYUSA]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed my videos! Have a great day!

[@d.j.aguilar6208]

That looks good!

[@DIYUSA]

Thanks for watching!

[@ObscureNacho]

THANK YOU!!! I love the Gen 23+ build so far.

[@DIYUSA]

Thanks for the feedback. I am working on my Gen 24, hope to be able to test it in a month.

[@daniellorca4452]

Dear sir, Been following your advice for at least a year. I asked you about incorporating a keel months ago. I still think that a keel in any rowing ultra light boat would be very helpful. Also, adding a keel to a folding boat is a problem beyond my skills, so any thought/experiments you might have would be very much appreciated. Daniel

[@DIYUSA]

Thanks for asking. My goal has always been to build a simple and usable boat for calm rivers and lakes. I do build boats for the pacific coast and able to handle wind force 3-4. The keel can provide additional structural strength, tracking, etc. But it will add complexity to the design. Structurally my current designs should be OK for the target usages. If you are after the better tracking characteristics with a keel, there are different methods to accomplish that, such as adding chines to the bottom of the boat, or you can add skegs, which is easy to do with a foldable boat. I have worked onboard ships between 25000 tons to 200,000 tons. Most of the ships I have been to have keels. I have experienced pushing a railed cart inside the duct keel of a double-bottom ship. I could hear the occasional metallic cracking sounds otherwise it would a very quiet environment. The feeling was eerie. Then I worked on a super oil tanker, which really don’t have a traditional keel. The bottom is a huge flat sheet of metal plate (called flat keel design) with longitudinal structural beams running from the front to the rear and huge frames on the side . In a way it is very similar to my foldable coroplast boat (inside the coroplast has the longitudinal channels running from the front to the rear of the boat). :-)