I've got a Coleman Ram-x Scanoe (canoe). It's one of those plastic jobs with a flat back that you can put a small outboard on. There's aluminum bracing inside to keep the bottom of it in shape. They screwed up when they made it, and the existing braces were too short. Actually, I think they left a couple pieces out, or the previous owner removed them. I'm not 100% sure. This allowed the bottom of the thing to curve upward, creating a pile of suction under it. Kind of like an airplane wing in reverse. It really creates a lot of drag on the thing going through the water. Anyway...today, on my day off, I got ambitious and decided to fix it. I had to make up some aluminum braces and brackets from scratch...on my day off. This is a lot of work !!!....on my day off. What was I thinking !??!??! LOL !!!
It's not done yet. I learned that 1" x 1/16" wall 6061 aluminum tubing doesn't like being bent, even with a proper hydraulic tube bender. It doesn't like being squished flat in a vise either. Everything just kept splitting. Anyway...like most home machinsts/fabricators...I changed the design half a dozen times as the project "progressed" (I use that word with much hesitation. LOL) You know. Design to work, build to fail, hammer to fit, paint to match.
Anyway...I'm about half way done now. I also want to put a 3rd seat in the middle, but I haven't even started on that yet. This is going to be a very long, and very tiring day off.
I'll post some pics when it's done.