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The deck is just about ready to paint, put in new hatches on either side of the engine box, go rid of the teak
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Cut down the bowrail, replaced all the fittings with stainless steel

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Pulled out all the black plastic rod holders and got stainless steel, even found 2 a few inches shorter, so they dont go thru the top of the rod boxes. Be sure to chamfer all your screwholes other wise you'll *spidercrack the gelcoat. had to fix the gelcoat under all the old rodholders
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Franco, Buddy, you got it goin' ON!...rod holders great and cuttin' down the bow rails is stroke of GENIOUS!...that really works...if I wasn't swingin' a hammer this mornin' I'd go wack mine... 8)...

you gonna be hard to catch w/ "big red" pushin' ya...Or is that orange...heck, anyway, there won't be many passin' ya...if they can, salute 'em... :o...

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Nice work Franco!

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Franco, cutting down the bow rail looks really nice, good idea

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Lookin good franco...u use two pieces of stainless for that and bend em yourself?

love the rod holders...my 18 I am usein right now has the plastic ones and I am just waitin on an AJ or a big snapper to rip em out!!! ;D

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ITS THE ORIGINAL ONE PIECE ALUMINUM TUBE, SHORTENED ABOT 5 INCHES ON EITHER END, NEW MOUNTS AT THE REAR DROP DOWN THE HEIGHT AND SHORTENED ALL THE OTHER PIPES - MOUNTED THEM IN THE ORIGINAL SPOTS ON THE TUBE, HAD TO MOUNT ON NEW SPOT ON THE FOREDECK, FIXED THE OLD HOLES IN THE GELCOAT

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I'll bet all those stainless fitting cost a perty $, but you won't have to worry about it any more!

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Now I want to do mine!!

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went to marine connection - 29.95 for the long ones, and 24.95 *for the short ones on the rod holders, everything else was 9 to 15 dollars each - not too bad really

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Go me to want to do mine now!! But the anchor pulpit is in the way >:(
I guess I will lower the rail and throw the pulpit is the craper