Keelguard and the like

hey! don't forget Wilderness Systems!

Bobby

This is what I have on my tandem. (see attached bottom right)  Skid plate can be replaced if needed.

I called the guys at Keelshield last year, they said they were working on Keelshield for kayaks when I called them. I have it on my bassboat and Whaler and love the stuff. He asked about what I wanted, price point I would pay, size.... He said the hardest part was finding an adhesive to bond their product to the hull. It seems different kayak manufacturers use different formulations. He also want to know which kayaks were the most popular. I told him for fishing IMHO it was Ocean Kayak, Hobies, Cobra, and Malibu's, at least here in Cali.

Any word back from them?  Guarding my keel is the weak point of my load/unload process.

I've been scraping the bottom of my kayak off launching into the local river. Nothing but rocks. Getting scratches with little curley Q pieces of the kayak all over.
Reckon you can't protect the whole bottom. Rough conditions are rough conditions; the kayak ain't going to last forever.
I remember when I was worried about beach sand wearing out my kayak; now I drag it across rocks. Ahh, the good old days.........