ROD BOXES - Page 11

LESTERUS · #**101** 10-24-2007, 01:52 PM

BUILDERFL:

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER 2-3 YEARS AGO, A GUY
COMING BACK FROM ELLIOTT KEY WITH HIS FAMILY, RAN OUT OF GAS AND A SUMMER STORM CAPZISE HIS BOAT
THEY WHER RECUED THE DAY AFTER BUT HIS KIDS DIED OF HYPOTHEMIA IN THEIR ARMS. IF YOU THINK ELLIOTT KEY IS ABOUT 1 MILE FROM SHORE (YOU KNOW THE AREA) THIS IS UNTHINKABLE, BUT IT HAPPENED. THAT'S
WHEN I REALIZED THAT AN EPIRB WOULD HAVE SAVED THEIR LIVES AND I BOUGTH IT. BESIDES WHEN WE GO OUT 10-20 MILES OUT, BOY!! YOU WANT TO HAVE HIS THING!!!!

LESTERUS · #**102** 10-24-2007, 01:52 PM

BUILDERFL:

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER 2-3 YEARS AGO, A GUY
COMING BACK FROM ELLIOTT KEY WITH HIS FAMILY, RAN OUT OF GAS AND A SUMMER STORM CAPZISE HIS BOAT
THEY WHER RECUED THE DAY AFTER BUT HIS KIDS DIED OF HYPOTHEMIA IN THEIR ARMS. IF YOU THINK ELLIOTT KEY IS ABOUT 1 MILE FROM SHORE (YOU KNOW THE AREA) THIS IS UNTHINKABLE, BUT IT HAPPENED. THAT'S
WHEN I REALIZED THAT AN EPIRB WOULD HAVE SAVED THEIR LIVES AND I BOUGTH IT. BESIDES WHEN WE GO OUT 10-20 MILES OUT, BOY!! YOU WANT TO HAVE HIS THING!!!!

Seacrets · #**103** 10-24-2007, 04:24 PM

Buy oversized boxes (SSI in Maryland) and enlarge your opening. There's plenty of space to enlarge. I've done it. It's easy.

Seacrets · #**104** 10-24-2007, 04:24 PM

Buy oversized boxes (SSI in Maryland) and enlarge your opening. There's plenty of space to enlarge. I've done it. It's easy.

BuilderFL · #**105** 10-24-2007, 11:46 PM

You're right, can't place a dollar value on life saving equipment. Way to go Carlos! Maybe I will get me one too. By the way, I'm out of commission for now - repairing the damage done by the vandals to my console and then about two weeks ago, the weight of the new hard top and electronics box was a little too much for the original T-top (designed for canvas). The aluminum poles on both sides broke off on 3-5 ft seas as I was riding her hard. I'm lucky the whole top didn't fall of the boat. Well, it's back to repairing my boat. What else is new?

BuilderFL · #**106** 10-24-2007, 11:46 PM

You're right, can't place a dollar value on life saving equipment. Way to go Carlos! Maybe I will get me one too. By the way, I'm out of commission for now - repairing the damage done by the vandals to my console and then about two weeks ago, the weight of the new hard top and electronics box was a little too much for the original T-top (designed for canvas). The aluminum poles on both sides broke off on 3-5 ft seas as I was riding her hard. I'm lucky the whole top didn't fall of the boat. Well, it's back to repairing my boat. What else is new?