A few more boat pics

[stguy]

The over head rod rack is really nice, the part in the front I drew up and had it water jet out of 3/4" thick UHMW and then went around it with a router to round of the corners, the back is just 1/8" aluminum that I had laser cut and put 2" grommets in the holes.

The one thing I never liked about the rod holders that come with down riggers is the reels always seemed to be upside down and I don't like using them for lead line so I made these using some Down Easters and they work very  well on the riggers and lead line.








Here's  a couple shots of the helm, went a Simrad sonar/gps and I'm very happy with it, I would highly  recommend it. The boxes under the seats are made for a couple ice chest  to fit in.





And it  wouldn't  be complete without  a tribute to my long time fishing buddy.

[MG39]

You did an outstanding job with the work you did Glen. You didn't miss a beat in making it very functional. That motor sure runs sweet. The frosting on the cake is that it catches fish, lots of them.

[stguy]

You did an outstanding job with the work you did Glen. You didn't miss a beat in making it very functional. That motor sure runs sweet. The frosting on the cake is that it catches fish, lots of them.

Thanks Bob, it was a pleasure as always fishing with  you.....I still can't believe I didn't get a picture of that record togue you caught 

[hardwatergrampa]

looks  good  real nice job

[Jim C.]

Great looking boat and nice tribute to Bob.

[shrinkage]

You got rid of the Sebago Hilton but now you got the Togue Mahal

[Mac Attack]

Awesome job.
Thanks for posting more pics.

[joefishmore]

Cleaver  !

[Downeaster2007]

You did a great job of building your rod holder post for the downriggers, but I believe you will find them
inadequate for the downrigger rods once you begin to use them... i did the same thing years ago, and
wound up with rods overboard, because they were not strong enough.  It is a simple fix however as you
can always get some Big Jon rod holders and mount them to the same post.  The boat looks great, and
will be a great fishing platform once you start...

[stguy]

You did a great job of building your rod holder post for the downriggers, but I believe you will find them
inadequate for the downrigger rods once you begin to use them... i did the same thing years ago, and
wound up with rods overboard, because they were not strong enough.  It is a simple fix however as you
can always get some Big Jon rod holders and mount them to the same post.  The boat looks great, and
will be a great fishing platform once you start...

Went with the saltys, been using em' for a couple months now they work awesome.

[Mac Attack]

 

[caught_the_fever]

Great ingenuity and work with the boat.   Also great to see you enjoying the fruits of your labor on your other post!

[fishlessman]

i use the saltys with my dowriggers as well. i fish my flyrod setups with one or two colors of lead down and backing off the rigger ball. nice boat you have there

[Turnbuckle]

What a great set up. Thanks for sharing.