23' Tsunami/Sceptre under-gunnel rod holder ideas ?

[PressureDrop]

did this on my 20 seafari a few days ago, for the rodholers i cut 2 sub bulkheads out of 3/4 ply and then cut a nice section out of the part facing inwards and on there will mount the tigress rodholers that hold the butt and the tip. all the ply was heavily glassed and tabbed to all adjecent glass and has made the gunnels allot stiffer. also, in case your interested i also glassed a piece to where the undergunnel meets the liner at the transom and that im going to mount a cleat on that, allready cut the hole for a hawse pipe at the top, it going to look amazing with the hawse, deffinerly worth doing

Ben

[Dave Hirshberg]

I took out the teak as well and put in pre made rod-holders from a company called Signature Marine MFG. 954 987 1614 www.signaturemarine@aol.com e-mail. They screwed them to the two raised sections of the liner. Very easy install and clean look. They are a little pricy but the time savings makes up for it. They have a nice color brochure and price list of all their products. Click the link to see what I did.
http://www.theboatzone.com/gallery/a...ort_rodholders

[ScottM]

Dave,
FYI - you can get those racks through Cabela's. I'm thinking of getting a set of the 3-rod holders.

[Dave Hirshberg]

Scott, the three is the way to go. I had four and the bottom reel was resting on the floor. That always bugged me. I bought them at the Miami boat show a couple of years ago. I Paid $100 for the pair on the last day of the show around closing time. My price list for 03 shows them at 70.99 per set for the fours and $52.99 per set for the threes. Both are mounted on white or black starboard

[Billybob]

I just put these Solo holders on mine, could have actually fit 3 on each side.They have a nice clean look, and hold the rods tight so they don't rattle.

Bill

[TarponTom]

Alan,
I have problems also with the original racks. Seems like rods rarely fit right. Long rods never fit. I installed an overhead rack in the cabin. I notched out a couple inches from the top of the anchor locker bulkhead and can stick the tip of the long rods into the anchor locker. Works great, the rods are protected from coolers and stuff banging into them and you can lock them up and leave them in there out of the weather.

[PressureDrop]

alb - i know your doing the whole boat so you might as well make your own out of ply and glass em in, itll be allot cheaper and if you glass it heavy and make it structural itll stiffen the whole thing up even more
just food for thought

Ben