getting water out of a Kara

Rocky S

Rocky S

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Anyone have a good way to get water out of a Kara? It rained about an inch during my hunt last weekend, and I ended up with a boat full of water. The sides of the cockpit trap the water if I try to flip the boat and pour the water out, so I used a shop vac to suck it out. My wife says that this goes beyond my normal insanity (is that an oxymoron?).

Any tips?
 
I have bilge pumps in mine. Run one off a motorcycle battery. Pump 95% of the water out then use a sponge to get it bone dry.

Ed.

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I've used both a sponge and a shop vac. Both worked fairly well, but it does get old. Don't let the water stand in there for sure!
 
Pete McMiller put a drain plug at the very back..top deck...let me tell ya, that was a smart thing to do. We were going across pool 9 on the Mississippi towing it behind my BB2 when I felt a hell of a pull on the rope. We turned around and saw what looked like a torpedo following behind us but no boat. Lukily we had the dekes strapped on pretty good so when I let up on the gas it popped up. We got to the spot we were going to hunt and could barely pull the bow of the KARA up a foot to the bank cause I swear it was so full of water there was a hibiscus at the top of the cockpit. Pete pulled the plug, which I think was 4" or so below water and the gusher of water the came out must have been 2' high. We couldn't flip it cause it was so heavy but as it drained we pulled it up and in not too long a time it was empty..the last little bit came out the drain hole so all that was left was basically just wet.I wouldn't build a boat without some drain plug somewhere.
 
Rocky, On my first couple Kanyaks I just drilled a hole in the deck and let it go at that. Last year when I built my Ploeboat I put in a real drain in the rear deck with a drain plug. Hopefully there is a pic attached.
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ed, i am curious to know if you can build a cara, out of cypress wood?. my brother in law, has a cara, made out of cardboard and tons of epoxy and fiber glass. and somewhat light weight.and very durable, he used to work for a boat company and they used to use, cardboard instead of wood. ( cardboard , once soaked in epoxy/ glassed gets harder than wood, adn more durable and stronger than wood, also, lightweight) he said, adn all the guys too that used to work with him) ... he told me that i could build one out of cypress. but i need to be sure, before i spend money on a over sized paperweight. please email me miller4546@bellsouth.net
 
reading about the "torpedo". Great idea on the plug, sure beats a sponge only. I am sure at the time it was not funny, but years after it goes down in the trials of duck hunting with boats file.
 
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