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Fishing pole holder insert for Intex raft bimini by explorers_warehouse
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Last crawled date: 5 years, 2 months ago
These inserts fit into the fishing pole holders on the Intex Excursion 5 and are made to hold up my custom bimini.
The bimini requires four of the inserts. I printed it in PETG, just make sure you're using something durable and weather-resistant, these things bear the majority of the load of the whole bimini put together.
The canopy fabric is 60" 1.9 ounce silicone coated ripstop nylon, about 10ft long. It's a fabulous sunshade, if you're planning on using it in the rain it could stand to be a foot or two longer for a bit more coverage. The ends are curved with sleeves for the tent poles.
The poles are fiberglass, scavenged from an old busted tent. Pole diameter is 7.8mm, the diameter of the connectors for the pole segments is 9.6mm, the length of each pole is 3.45m.
About 30ft total of paracord, 8 carabiners, and a couple feet of nylon webbing to sew loops onto the canopy. The paracord is tied to the canopy with a bowline and to the carabiner with a taut-line hitch.
The whole thing packs away into a nice little drawstring bag smaller than a tent that only weighs a couple pounds and is versatile enough that you could deploy it while on the water without too much hassle.
Good luck!
The bimini requires four of the inserts. I printed it in PETG, just make sure you're using something durable and weather-resistant, these things bear the majority of the load of the whole bimini put together.
The canopy fabric is 60" 1.9 ounce silicone coated ripstop nylon, about 10ft long. It's a fabulous sunshade, if you're planning on using it in the rain it could stand to be a foot or two longer for a bit more coverage. The ends are curved with sleeves for the tent poles.
The poles are fiberglass, scavenged from an old busted tent. Pole diameter is 7.8mm, the diameter of the connectors for the pole segments is 9.6mm, the length of each pole is 3.45m.
About 30ft total of paracord, 8 carabiners, and a couple feet of nylon webbing to sew loops onto the canopy. The paracord is tied to the canopy with a bowline and to the carabiner with a taut-line hitch.
The whole thing packs away into a nice little drawstring bag smaller than a tent that only weighs a couple pounds and is versatile enough that you could deploy it while on the water without too much hassle.
Good luck!