New Under-The-Gunnel Rod Holders for my 2310 W/A

[ReelTimeCapt]

In preparation for upcoming trips, I pulled ReelTime out of the water this past week and reworked the Rod Hoders under the Gunnels. As shown below, these look like Teak, but are made from a Synthetic Decking Lumber and are maintenance free and very sturdy.

After talking about the design with a couple of other old salts and charter captains, I chose Trex, a proven Synthetic Decking Lumber over the marine type called "Star Board" because Trex is 1-1/8 thick and I like the Teak like finish. They talked me out of painting them with marine epoxy and also advised to leave enough room to get the cleaning brush (3-1/2") underneath.

More photos can be seen on my website at
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[Megabyte]

Very nice!

I wouldn't have thought about using synthetic lumber, but it makes a lot of sense! :wink:
My front porch and back deck are both synthetic, and that stuff is great. 8)

 

[ReelTimeCapt]

We'll see how it holds up this season. The price was obvisously much lower than starboard. When I prices a long piece of starboard for the toe rail, it was not cost effective. If the Tex doesn't hold up I plan to use starboard for the rod holders and teak or mahogany for the toe rail.

Best Regards and Tight Lines - Fletcher

 

[ReelTimeCapt]

The other theme that the lower cost is coincident with it that I'm saving my pennies for a Raymarine 4KW radar unit and since I have my boat in our charter business, I had to balance the budget somwhere...