North Wales Kayak Fishing
making the fatyak kaafu fishy pt1
the fatyak kaafu comes with 2 deep moulded in hatches in order to fit an internal transducer Scotty rod mount and gain access to the hull for storage one had to go so I decided to remove the front one and fit an aluminium cooking pot this way I still had the use of the internal bucket and also had the ability to access the hull inside.
I decided on an aluminium pan from a camping cooking set so that I could remove it and boil up water for hot drinks or food when needed without the possibility of forgetting to pack it which I have done a few times
This is the moulded in deep bucket with the rubber hatch lid removed before the modification
Using the chosen aluminium cooking pot I marked a thin line around the diameter of the top of the cooking pot then a second smaller circle was marked slightly smaller to accommodate the rolled lid of the pot
A start hole was drilled and using a jig saw the cutting began carefully remembering that it is the inside smaller hole that needs to be cut out
Once the cutting was complete the inner bowl was removed
Using a small file all the edges were filed smooth and any un- even cutting was was evened out