Outrigger placement help

[Rainmaker]

The reinforcement depends on what you are using for poles. I ran with 12'-14' perko cheep riggers for a long time mounted on the Gunwale with little backplating with no issue. The riggers worked well but did break after a year or 2 in the bumpy seas. They were cheep enough that replacement cost was not an issue. I actually used to find them at garage sales and buy them when I saw them so I always had a couple extras. I think the last time I had through bolted the mounts and used a large washer behind the nuts relying on the wood in the gunwale for support... I would not recomend that but it did work. I would think a piece of angle or some other metal would work well for a back plate. It should not take much more than your rod holders.

If you go with longer and heavyier riggers you may need to use a thicker piece.

If you go on the arch you can still run the line from the rigger to a lower point, you do not need to get to the pole very often so you would not need your step as often as you think. I have my riggers mounted on my T-Top and have a fancy Top-Gun mount with a handle inside to turn them out. I attach the line down on the pole that holds up the top so I can reach it easily. This keeps the gunwales clear so that I can fight a fish past the rigger without having to go around the line. I fish a center console so getting to the bow is a feature I use.

[jongolds]

The ones I removed from my Tsunami were on the gunnels, just astern of where that fiberglass wraparound that the windshield sits on comes flush with the top. They're available if you're interested and could stop by to get them. Unfortunately shipping them is prohibitively expensive. You'd probably need to get new rigging for them too. You can kind of see them here from when I tried to sell them a few weeks ago. Like I said, the shipping cost scared off any one who would have been interested. If you're coming down through SW CT and want them, let me know.

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