How much crap can you pile in a rodholder?
 

Just started playing with this idea and haven't completed one side yet but think I got the main bugs worked out.
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Each side is capable of holding 6 rods ranging from Penn 4/0 to Zebco 33 or a combination of various crap up to 7' long.
Hopefully I'll get it completed in the next week or so with a sea trial.

There ya go. Put a kick plate across the bottom and you'll have it filled with sinkers and such in no time.

Pretty slick for a southern boy:clap:

Looks good tsubaki. You can fit more than me!

Got the feet and upper supports done.
 

Ready to install.
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chum, I like your kickplate idea.
Just got to try it out first and see if other modifications are needed.

How did you fasten those in? Looks good.

Intend to screw into the floor (that's why a couple have longer feet) and the interior side rail. They extent to the outer sides to reduce twisting (hopefully).

Done and hopeing for the best.
 

No real good choices for mounting location, so gonna try this.
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It follows the contour of the boat and looks real strange when looking back at it, but when the rods are in it looks like a white man did it (shame I ain't).

Don't what color you are and don't care, you do good work my friend

If starboard wasn't so expensive you could market and sell those. If I still had my old V I'd be making some of those. Good job.

looks good man, just one question. What the Hell is that you are using for a cabin door??

Cy, check out the Kitty Excluder post ....I think its in modifications, but I could be wrong. He tells what he used...PVC pegboard I think.

I believe I got $40 in the cutting board material, $5 in screws and whatever the 3/4 Starboard strips would cost.

I hate the idea of a cuddy door but wanted to be able to remove completely the cover. It had canvas and snaps on it when my father had the boat. I wanted something with ventilation.
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...ead.php?t=9317

Yeah, I ain't started looking where to put the net or gaff as a "get ready" location yet. Just got the stowed portion down.
This is all I got right now.

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Very nice...I built some similiar for a buddys boat. Im thinking on a kickplate across my rod box now too....good Idea.

Looks good!! I don't need rod storage on the new boat, I have a good cuddy and 12 rod holders on the boat, 6 on the hard top, 4 in the gunnels and 2 on the rails.

CB and I are brain storming a new built in tackle box like we did on the V20. not sure on what we are going to do yet?? Might buy some from FP and make some?? But when we get to it I will have pic's

Put some shockcords on the rodholders, maybe I'm done now.
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Well one more thing
 

Not that you can paddle a V but at least I got one and a place to stow it out the way.
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gas tank cover ?
 

Looks great, are you going to cover your tanks back up ? doesn't look like you have room between the rods and the tank

I didn't want to cover them because of the possibility of trash accumulating between them.
Due to a leak I ended up replacing the port tank with a plastic one. I did cover the plastic one with a piece of 1/4" Starboard to reduce damage from the sun.
As for the metal one, I'm just leaving it as is.

Could make a small snap on cover out of sunbrella material to match your bimini.