does it again! I had an idea to make my downriggers easier to use and Bob built the solution. See pix.
problem: DR too far aft and working from casting deck a pain. note cheesy aluminum tubing hand rail on deck.
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solution: replace thin wall tubing hand rail with manly aluminum pipe, through bolted and backed, using existing holes and adding 30 degree rod holder.
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now I can operate DRs from the cockpit and have an additional holder for planer boards.
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THANX, Bob! Great work as usual!
BTW, Bob modified the gate on the tritoon to accomodate a wheelchair and added some other trick aluminum work on that project.
That dang Happy Bob is the man! Great looking set-up!
“The Unsinkable Legend”
Where is Happy Bob located?
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Originally posted by mudshark
Where is Happy Bob located?
near columbia,but worth every cent to haul your boat to him…
pretty sporty there-
how tite is the DR in rod holder?
please visit
http://norml.org/
If you ain’t retie’n, you aint try’n…
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Originally posted by fishnjim
pretty sporty there-
how tite is the DR in rod holder?
please visit
http://norml.org/
If you ain’t retie’n, you aint try’n…
holder I.D. is 1.605"
base O.D. is 1.505"
if you send your specifacations or a sketch, Bob can build it and send it to you. He did my casting platform via email and my description and measurements. the end result was sweet.
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Originally posted by mudshark
Where is Happy Bob located?
My shop is just off I-26, between exit 125(Sandy Run Rd.) and exit 129(Hwy 21).
Call me anytime.
Bob
edited to say THANKS dernflatlander!!
Bob Van Gundy
Marine Designs,Inc.
Custom Aluminum Fabrication
803-727-4069
Bob, how’s your workload? I need a grab rail fab’d and installed on a center console, one that goes over/around the windshield. I guess they had planned on putting a T Top on the boat I am buying and it doesn’t have one.
there ain’t no shame in passin’ the rod
I will have boats in the shop for the next couple of weeks (if they don’t reschedule).
If you want to bring your boat in on the 1st or 2nd of August(Sat/Sun), I can build and install your grab rail that weekend. Or the following week if you’d like. It will only take one day to do.
Give me a call on my cell and we can work out the details.
Thanks, Bob
PS. Are you sure you don’t want a T-top for your boat?
Bob Van Gundy
Marine Designs,Inc.
Custom Aluminum Fabrication
803-727-4069
no way on the t top. the darn things get in my way. There were a couple of really nice boats that I passed on because they had one. What do you think something like that will run? It’s a Triton 22 LTS.
there ain’t no shame in passin’ the rod
wstrickland1, You have an email.
Bob Van Gundy
Marine Designs,Inc.
Custom Aluminum Fabrication
803-727-4069