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  • Boat Info/
    • Choosing a river running boat
    • Designing your raft frame
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    • The Custom Process
    • Standard Frame Features
    • Custom Frame Options
  • Custom Raft Gear/
    • Custom Dry Boxes
    • Custom Tables
    • Floors
    • Hatches
    • Transoms
  • Stock River Gear/
    • Stock Dry Boxes
    • Stock Tables
    • Sand Stakes
    • Umbrella Holders
    • Oar Accessories
    • Canyon Coolers
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Eddyline Welding

Eddyline Meanderings

Eddyline Meanderings - boats, projects, river chat, and other topics from the silt.

 

Eddyline Welding
  • Home/
  • Boat Info/
    • Choosing a river running boat
    • Designing your raft frame
  • Custom Raft Frames/
    • The Custom Process
    • Standard Frame Features
    • Custom Frame Options
  • Custom Raft Gear/
    • Custom Dry Boxes
    • Custom Tables
    • Floors
    • Hatches
    • Transoms
  • Stock River Gear/
    • Stock Dry Boxes
    • Stock Tables
    • Sand Stakes
    • Umbrella Holders
    • Oar Accessories
    • Canyon Coolers
  • Boats For Sale/
    • Boats for Sale
  • Gallery/
  • Blog/
  • Contact/
 

Welcome to Eddyline Meanderings

We’ve set up this blog to share with people who are interested in boats, rivers, and all the associated milieu of being a part of water flowing downstream.


September 16, 2022

The All Flat Raft Frame - part 2 of 2

September 16, 2022/ Eddyline Welding
The All Flat Raft Frame - part 2 of 2

After a summer of trips on the water with our most current demo raft, a few things have been finished, revised, and learned along the way.

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Current/Recent Projects, Raft Frame Design, Product Testing
frame
July 14, 2022

The All Flat Raft Frame - part 1 of 2

July 14, 2022/ Eddyline Welding
The All Flat Raft Frame - part 1 of 2

Every year we build a frame that incorporates some new ideas. This year we decided to make a frame set up that is all laid out on the same level.

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July 14, 2022/ Eddyline Welding/ 1 Comment
Raft Frame Design, Product Testing, Current/Recent Projects
frame
November 04, 2020

Trying out a few new ideas on our 2020 NRS E-160 demo raft.

November 04, 2020/ Eddyline Welding
Trying out a few new ideas on our 2020 NRS E-160 demo raft.

For this year’s demo raft, a NRS E-160, we had three main ideas we wanted to try.

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November 04, 2020/ Eddyline Welding/ Comment
Rafts, Product Testing, Current/Recent Projects, Raft Frame Design
raft, NRS, E-160, Split Boxes
April 21, 2020

Oar Tower Placement & The 4-bay Raft Frame Design Challenge

April 21, 2020/ Eddyline Welding
Oar Tower Placement & The 4-bay Raft Frame Design Challenge

4-bay frames are the most common raft frames we build. Here’s a list of things you might want to think about when designing your 4-bay.

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April 21, 2020/ Eddyline Welding/ 2 Comments
Raft Frame Design, Product Testing
raft, frame, design, oar, towers
August 23, 2019

Oar Tower Testing: Speed-Rail fitting with stanchion vs NRS frame oar mount

August 23, 2019/ Eddyline Welding
Oar Tower Testing:  Speed-Rail fitting with stanchion vs NRS frame oar mount

We often run into people who have strong opinions about the different adjustable oar towers that are available to go on raft frames. To get some facts, we decided to do a couple side by side tests.

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August 23, 2019/ Eddyline Welding/ Comment
Product Testing, Rafts
oar, mount, speed-rail, fitting
August 12, 2019

Can you put SeaDek foam on Diamond Plate Decks?

August 12, 2019/ Eddyline Welding
Can you put SeaDek foam on Diamond Plate Decks?

Ever since we’ve been using SeaDek on the decks of our raft frames, we’ve had customers asking if it would be possible to retrofit diamond plate decks with it.

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August 12, 2019/ Eddyline Welding/ 2 Comments
Product Testing, Rafts
raft, frame, SeaDek, foam
May 17, 2019

Choosing & Setting Up a Raft Bimini

May 17, 2019/ Eddyline Welding
Choosing & Setting Up a Raft Bimini

Shade can be a valuable commodity on the river. Umbrellas work, but nothing beats a good bimini.

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May 17, 2019/ Eddyline Welding/ 5 Comments
Rafts, Product Testing
raft, shade, bimini
August 11, 2018

New Raft - New Ideas

August 11, 2018/ Eddyline Welding
New Raft - New Ideas

Each year we build out a complete demo raft, giving us the chance to try out new ideas. Here's a look at what we did this year vs what we did last year.

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Current/Recent Projects, Product Testing
16' Raft, SeaDek, Split Boxes, Rigging
August 02, 2018

Testing out using foam for the side decking on a raft frame

August 02, 2018/ Eddyline Welding
Testing out using foam for the side decking on a raft frame

What will SeaDek foam be like on the side decks of a raft frame? We decided to do some product testing to find out.

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August 02, 2018/ Eddyline Welding/ 1 Comment
Product Testing
raft, frame, side deck, foam, SeaDek
June 30, 2018

Rigging Rails for Raft Frames

June 30, 2018/ Eddyline Welding
Rigging Rails for Raft Frames

We’ve been putting rigging rails on our raft frames. They’re working great, but how strong are they? The other day we put one to the test.

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Product Testing, Current/Recent Projects
Raft, Rigging
March 22, 2018

Dry Box Tray

March 22, 2018/ Eddyline Welding
Dry Box Tray

Could you make a tray for my sunglasses, sunscreen, and all that other stuff I want to have handy in my side box?

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March 22, 2018/ Eddyline Welding/ Comment
Current/Recent Projects, Product Testing
dry, box, tray, product, testing

Eddyline Welding  2540 S Highway 191  Moab, UT  84532      Phone: 435-210-0123      Email: contact@eddylinewelding.com