More work in progress

[Franco]

FEEL FREE TO COMMENT
The deck is just about ready to paint, put in new hatches on either side of the engine box, go rid of the teak



Cut down the bowrail, replaced all the fittings with stainless steel




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

[reelapeelin]

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...

[shicks007]

Nice work Franco!

[phester]

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

[Stinky_Hooker]

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

[Franco]

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

[Blue_Runner]

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

[macojoe]

Now I want to do mine!!

[Franco]

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

[macojoe]

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