A Planer Board
-Enhanced

Attached is a rough plan of changes that I think I will try. Even if this does not hold up to the water pressure, you can still put the fixed rods on it like your original plan. I am in favor of reducing the water drag where ever possible. On your plans, it is very fuzzy, but it looks as if there is a Stainless steel bar on the bottom of one or both boards. What is the purpose? Also, where do you attach the release, the rear of the inside float?...John Sawicky

First, to answer John's question about the bars on the bottom, they act as 'ballast', or a keel to keep the unit upright.

Secondly, the release is best attached to the rear of the inside runner.

And finally, here are John's enhancements. His is a collapsible version.

The collapsing of the planer board is explained using the image below (top view). To fold the unit, loosen all four corner wingnuts and remove one to take off one end of one guy wire. To make it even more compact, remove the eye-bolt, place the eye over the stud without the wingnut and then replace the wingnut to keep it in place. Tighten all wingnuts to hold the unit in its compact state.