Back brace mounting question

[bagarre]

Does anyone have photos of how they mounted the back brace?

I think I just drill and bolt the straps to the coaming but, how far forward?

 

Using blind nuts like these would make it an easy job.

 

How have others done it?

 

 

[Hirilonde]

Self-tapping screws into pilot holes worked just fine.  Are those things stainless? (they look bright)

[bagarre]

They have them in stainless but I wasnt sure if they were overkill.

You'd also see them from the outside of the coaming which isn't nice.

 

So, just screw into the coaming? How far forward do the screws go?

[Hirilonde]

You need to be able to adjust the band to be near, but not up against the back of the combing.  Back more = more room, but against the combing defeats the point of a back band.  Being able to adjust the band forward a bit is good too as it gives more room to make it fit you.  I adjusted my back bands most of the way long and set the screw locations to hold the band just forward of touching the combing.  This gave me the maximum adjustment possibilities forward in case I wanted.

[bwhip]

I was going to drill thru holes right beneath the coaming lip and use a stainless rectangular tee nut, tucked up tight under the lip. I didn't like the shiny bling that would have made on the outside of my mahogany coaming, so I just used stainless sheet metal screws. It works fine.

 

 

Here's the back rest mounted on my boat. The pad is 4 inches in front of the frame and the screws aren't too far forward, so the straps don't pinch in on the paddler's sides. Also, the plastic strap ends don't dig into the paddler's elbows.

 

[Kudzu]

Not to beat a dead horse, but I do show this in the Assembly Manual. There really is no need to reinvent the wheel guys.

[bagarre]

Not to beat a dead horse, but I do show this in the Assembly Manual. There really is no need to reinvent the wheel guys.

I must have missed it in the book but will go back and check.