Rear Knee Brace

Just wondering if any one out there has an interesting solution for a rear knee brace, I don't like the arch gunnel to gunnel brace, I'm looking for a different solution something in the middle and sturdy enough to lean against. I'll look forward to the creative solutions that will come.

thanks,

Dan

 

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Permalink Reply by Greg Max on April 26, 2011 at 3:18pm
I really like the podium style rear brace that Boulder Boat Works builds.  Beautiful curved thing that looks great.  I don't think you can post hyperlinks to other sites here, so I'll let you check it out on your own.  You can see a photo on the "pro-guide" boat that they have on the front page of their website if you scroll down just a bit.
Permalink Reply by John Greenleaf on April 26, 2011 at 4:36pm
Dan, I did something different and I'm pretty pleased with the result. It is basically stainless tubing fasted to the rower's seat. It has proved to be very sturdy, and while not a "full-on" brace, it has proved sufficient while also unobtrusive (always seems to be a trade off between the two). I could certainly look up the particulars of the pieces if you wanted more detail. Cheers, J.G.
Permalink Reply by Dan Burr on April 26, 2011 at 8:19pm
That is cool, if only it were wood... I like it. thanks.
Permalink Reply by John Greenleaf on April 27, 2011 at 8:16am

It's a great and interesting design problem and I'm glad you brought it up. I'm also interested in what genius ideas the WBP have come up with...

Here's my take from tackling the problem earlier: In trying to figure out how to do it in wood, every design I came up with would have to in some way be integrated into the rails or the floor (kinda like the others shown here). It seemed to either be bulky (bad b/c I like a lot of floor space for coolers, tackle, and kiddies) or it would not be sturdy enough. There's a lot of force being exerted at the anchoring point(s) on these things so you need either multiple points of attachment (i.e., rail-to-rail) or a robust base (i.e., the pedestal approach). It's just hard to make slender - cantilevered forms out of wood.

Permalink Reply by Scott Hepler on April 26, 2011 at 5:30pm
Montanaboatbuilders.com Jason has a couple examples that are very cool. Look at his recurve.
Permalink Reply by Dan Burr on April 26, 2011 at 8:24pm
Their boat are so fancy, I really like their braces but they would not work with my old boat. I need something that looks like it belongs in an old boat...
Permalink Reply by Mike Collier on April 27, 2011 at 6:29pm

Here's my version of what MBB has done on the Recurve.

I built it from scratch without any plans. I just drew some circles on the floor of my garage untill I got it right, although I would change the offset a bit and not make the bottom curve offset from the top curve as much; that would give more room between the rear seat and the the kneebrace.

 

This is a modified version of the Kingfisher design Jason has and I used his plans to build it, although It is modified quite a bit from his plans.

OH,  I forgot to mention - the front AND rear kneebraces are removeable.

Makes it easier for transport and when there isn't a second fisherman in the rear, there is more room for storage on those longer trips (one more cooler for beer - hehehe)

 

Mike

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by Dave Z on April 26, 2011 at 5:43pm
I usually knee the rower in the head and strangle him with fly line. haha. I'm interested in the responses too.
Permalink Reply by Robert Puckett on April 27, 2011 at 4:32am
What if you designed something that would hinge to the back of the rowers seat and then could be folded down and out of the way when not in use?
Permalink Reply by Dan Burr on April 27, 2011 at 6:47am
The problem is that I'm not an  engineer and am terrible at designing anything that is not on a canvas. I'm looking for help from all you genius designer boat builders.
Permalink Reply by Andrew on April 27, 2011 at 7:02am

I too like the MBB ones that span the boat, but I want to be able to walk around it.  I was thinking about doing one like the Hyde Contender 

 

Andrew

Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on April 27, 2011 at 8:07am

Dan, are you running a rear floorboard? How about something on a removable floorboard system? Do you like the concept in the Hyde boat above? What is the distance from the rear of the rowers seat to the front of the rear passenger seat?

 

Rick Newman

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