Curacao CS 25

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Thank's for the compliments feels good :lol: , those steps are a good idea to make while waiting for the glass.
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Since I have to wait for the glass I started to fool around with some old hardwood (Surinam) what in earlier days had a pool deck function.

Inspiration was this pic I saw a couple of weeks ago on this forum

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I really like the looks of that boat (shearlineboatworks) and decided to try and make a rod holder similar to the one in the pic above.

First I did cut out some marlins from 10 mm marine plywood that was a little mistake as you can see at the end because when sanding it changed color.

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Then I cut in some details and fill it up with epoxy and sand dust from the hardwood

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After that I glued 3 pieces of hardwood together cut out the form and again the marlins

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Than I sanded the plate and put the plywood marlins in, and a lot of epoxy again with the sanddust

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than sanded the hole piece again and varnished it sanded again and varnished it etc etc and than put the rod holders in.

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although the plywood chanced color I still think I like it and will use it on my CS 25.

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I'm really curious what you guys think of it

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What do I think? Phenominal 8O , fantastic :!: , beautiful 8) , I've got to learn how to do that :doh:

How did you make the cut outs (inlets) for the marlins?
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Peter, it's really beautiful :!: :D
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Peter that is fantastic. :!: I have done strait in-laying but nothing like that. My hat is off to you! They are beautiful. Did you make the marlins thicker than needed and then sand them down to base. I also assume you used a sharp craft knife to mark there position and carefuly cut out the design.

It is amazing the detail you got. :!:

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Cool, Darn Cool!! Thats art!!

Very Creative 8) 8)

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Wow. That is good stuff :!:
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Flippin' amazing! That's a touch of class to any boat!
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You guys do stuff like this in youre spare time.......?
I am doomed.... 8O
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Beautiful! I'm still hoping for just a simple coat of paint on mine...
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