Boat Help

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[size 1]"Now one question. The person posting the boat before mentioned they can mount downriggers where the back seats go. Can you possibly send photos of how you have that set up? That is one thing this new boat is missing and I just started really liking the downriggers on the old boat. This new boat is in just too nice of shape to start drilling the body for downrigger mounts. Also, it has a full storm cover and windows (similar to a Jeep soft top) that the downrigger mounts would get in the way of. "[/size]
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[size 1]Brian,[/size]
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[size 1]You can take a 2x8 - 8' or so depending on your beam, and cover it with carpet. Lay this athwart ships gun'le to gun'le - as far aft as you can without interfering with anything (in my case just forward of the aft seat back). Mark where you want the downrigger mounts. Probably just inboard of the gun'le or over the gun'le with good paddding. Install the mounts to the covered board and cover anything sticking out that might scratch or tear anything on the boat. Remove the seat bottoms on each side of the engine cover or whatever is needed to run a strap straight down to the deck on your boat. Install an eye-bolt to the deck directly below the padded board using a good sized backing plate. Use straps hooked to the eye-bolt to pull the board down tight to the top of the gun'les. Slide your downriggers on the mounts and you are ready to fish.[/size]
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[size 1]You can stow the downrigger board wherever you have room on the boat or leave it home if you are not fishing.[/size]
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[size 1]Hope this makes sense.[/size]
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[size 1]Don[/size]
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