By Choice, Man!

That's a great idea. I came upon your blog resear...

noreply@blogger.com ("Mikey") — Tue, 26 May 2009 06:59:00 +0000

That's a great idea. I came upon your blog researching mounting options. I fish from my SOT and just recently starting shooting video. You've given some great ideas. Mahalo!

Let me know if you ever do end up visiting the Hoo...

noreply@blogger.com (Jeff Doering) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:39:00 +0000

Let me know if you ever do end up visiting the Hood River area.

We moved to Bend last fall; so it wouldn't be too far from me to meet up for a beer (not far at all in Alaska-distances).

Very nice! Sorry, it took a while to get your comm...

noreply@blogger.com (Shep) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:52:00 +0000

Very nice! Sorry, it took a while to get your comment posted, as I forgot I turned moderation on.. :P
Anyway, posted an entry today linking over to your flickr site. I real like the improvements you've made and the keel strip you put on your boat. Very clean job from the looks of it.

Wow that looks good!

noreply@blogger.com (cj) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:14:00 +0000

Wow that looks good!

Hi Stephen,Got around to making my own monopod. Ad...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:21:00 +0000

Hi Stephen,

Got around to making my own monopod. Added a couple of tweaks that might interest you:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayakwriter/2348192737/

Cheers,

Philip

Another bonus for you: the Scotty mount will hold ...

noreply@blogger.com (Philip) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:27:00 +0000

Another bonus for you: the Scotty mount will hold a Spirit Sail (http://www.spiritsails.com) if you want.
Ironically, I'm working on a similar monopod to your own, to use in my already mounted Scotty holder that I use for my Spirit Sail. It's visible in the left side of this photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayakwriter/462332222/
I mounted my holder with the long sides running fore-and-aft 'cos that's the direction the sail puts the most torque on it. In addition to reinforcing the underdeck with an additional layer of fibreglass where the Scotty mount is, I used a drilled-through plastic cutting board under the deck to disperse the force from the sail even more (I tend to sail quite agressively.) Looks like you're paddling a Northwest kayak too (possibly the same model as mine - the Discovery), so that flat area where the paddle park is fits a flat cutting board well.
Happy paddling and happy picture taking.

Philip
kayakwriter at netscape.net