How to row a canoe for fishing or excercise, the cheap, fast row boat

Step 4 Critical step!, attaching the outriggers

Turn your gate hinge so the hinge pin us up above the rail, the long side is resting flat across the top of the rail (or slightly up at the outer end) and the inner side of the hinge is flat with the inside of the rail. (on my canoe there is a lip on the inside so I put washers under the hinge to keep it square with the inside of the boat)
Now position your gate hinges so the center line on the rail matches the center line on the gate hinge, and drill three holes through the rail and reinforcing ( I held the hinge in place with c-clamps to keep it from moving while drilling) REMEMBER! the bolt heads and washers will have to clear any overhang on the outside of the rail. (not a problem if done like my dads boat with tubing on the outside)
start all three bolts before tightening them down, and double check that the outrigger sits flat or slightly up on the canoe rail. My canoe has plastic trim over the rail, this messed up my outrigger angle so I marked it and cut it as you can see in the picture, this was not a problem on my dads canoe from the late '70s.