A Cracker Built GF18- Finished 6/28/15

[Cracker Larry]

Not sure I follow you Peter Got a picture or drawing?

[peter-curacao]

Not sure I follow you Peter Got a picture or drawing?

Larry I made you a quick sketch, sorry it's a bit messy but almost sure you will understand. I like the 76 mm frames in my boat a lot, they are elegant not bulky, the only thing is the moment you make rod holder slots in there they become flimsy I know this because I tried in mine, so I thought about something like this, still not executed it but maybe one day I will
When not in use you pivot the starboard (or ply) rod holders upwards out of the way

[Cracker Larry]

Very interesting idea I'm going to ponder on that a while. Might mock it up in cardboard. In the meantime still building...

[Cracker Larry]

Peter, the more I think about that, the more I like it. Never seen that done before, very cool. I happen to have a good friend who is a master at shaping starboard

[justin_dwyer]

That is a great idea with those folding rod holders.

Cracker your build is looking great, based on your work rate, my boat is looking to take me about 10 years to complete

Keep it up.

Cheers
Justin

[ks8]

nice idea. peter, have you worked out a method to hold it in place down, deployed, and hold it up out of the way?

[peter-curacao]

nice idea. peter, have you worked out a method to hold it in place down, deployed, and hold it up out of the way?

Thanks all yeah it's a simple idea what could work I think To hold it up I don't see a problem, it's screwed or bolted snug on the pivot point against the frame, to hold it in place while loaded with gear I was thinking a filler (starboard) piece also against the frame, just above a pointy corner something like this.



Larry sent me the cardboard temp plates

[ks8]

and about the templates too. Happy starboard cutting!

[Cracker Larry]

based on your work rate, my boat is looking to take me about 10 years to complete

Based on my progress lately, this one might too Hopefully this winter from hell is over.

Thanks to Peter's imagination and my client taking it a step further, we now have a new design in the works The hook and pivot details will need to be fine tuned.Will probably make the holders out of stainless or aluminum plate. Maybe starboard, waiting on advice from Raymond on that.

[ks8]

When the winter from hell is over, it could make for an interesting spring, a spring of all those things that would never happen until *hell freezes over*. Some good, some not so good? Let's hope for just the good.

Maybe I'll get my seat tops painted!

Looking forward to pictures of the actual assembly, and the mechanism to enable deploying them out of the slot.

Will the middle laminate match the shape of the retracted holder, so there is less space for crud to form in there, or will it have a little extra space so they still retract fully even if some garbage gets in there? Maybe some soft foam, or better, a bit of serviceable cork or a strip of leather, to prevent rattling, and/or a nice friction fit between nylon washers, or both? Looks good and clean.