My latest blind for the Kara.

Ed Askew

Ed Askew

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Here it is. It's Raffia Grass woven through heavy duty polypropylene deer fence, that is attached to camo material (cordura brown camo). The blind has 4 pieces, two doors made of PVC frame that swing open to either side of the cockpit and one piece for the bow and stern. The doors attach with the system I used for my fast grass blind (quick attach/ detach system). I found last season I didn't have enough coverage overhead with that blind. The grass comes from J. Stern. I didn't even use half the grass that came in the box from them.

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Ed, that is a great looking job. Looks like you are more than ready for your season. Best of luck to you this season.
Al
 
Thanks guys. Yeah Anthony I'm trailering it back and forth to Arkansas, about 300 miles. Then I have a little cart I made from a wheelbarrow (minus the barrow) that I used to haul it rickshaw fashion down rice field levees sometimes over a mile. I messed up my knee doing that last year, so now I have an ATV to haul it down the levee. Problem is getting the ATV and the boat in the same trailer. I had to get the Kara on it's side. I built a mount which I just attached to the trailer yesterday. I'll have to take the blind on and off, but can do that in about a minute.

Ed.
 
Thanks guys. Yeah Anthony I'm trailering it back and forth to Arkansas, about 300 miles. Then I have a little cart I made from a wheelbarrow (minus the barrow) that I used to haul it rickshaw fashion down rice field levees sometimes over a mile. I messed up my knee doing that last year, so now I have an ATV to haul it down the levee. Problem is getting the ATV and the boat in the same trailer. I had to get the Kara on it's side. I built a mount which I just attached to the trailer yesterday. I'll have to take the blind on and off, but can do that in about a minute.

Ed.
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Wow, that's a lot or work! I never realized how heavy the Kara was going to be. Hides extremely well, the best I've ever seen, but the bugger was so heavy. Wish I had a truck and an ATV, I had to settle with getting help from my wife to help me put it on/off the car, then she would go shopping.... I miss its lines though.
 
It's not really a small boat, given it's 14 feet long, so it's not a kayak and not feather light. It can be built much lighter than Rob Leonard' original plans however. I wish I could find my website on 110mb.com, but can't. Here's the one on Anglefire if you've never seen it. Either way it'll take a trailer. I did truck top mine a couple of trips last year but I won't be doing that anymore (knees, shoulders, etc.) I bought that do-dad from Cabela's that allows a guy to put a canoe on top of a car by himself. Actually it works pretty well.

Ed.

http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/edaskew/sneakboat2.html
 
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