Paint it white and drill some ventilation holes and you may have a winner !
Yea Sam, but it could get in the way of my casting techniques. :noidea: Some times I can get really wild with my back load-up with the rod... It is way better to stay very far away when I have a fishing rod in my hands.
I do have a little story about that, that is honestly a true story as well. I think I may have posted this once before, but for those of you that haven't read it, here goes.
Back a few decades ago (many even longer now IDKE) I had a 12 foot "V" bottom little FeatherCraft boat. It was nice but really wasn't meant for more then about two maybe three people at the most. Well I asked this guy if he wanted to go fishing with me. His response was yes. So I drive to his house that next morning and low and behold the entire family was standing there with all their fishing equipment. Yes the guy, his wife and TWO kids. My heart sank but I just didn't have the heart to tell them they couldn't go. So we all got into our vehicles and off to the lake.
Somehow we manage to all get into the little boat. Yes sardines comes to mind now. Well I was fishing for large mouth bass and they were fishing for anything that would bite. Those two issues really don't mix well, especially in such tight places and a mere 12' boat. So we are going down the little channel that feeds the lake and I was throwing a Carolina rigged Mann's 6" grape jelly worm. And is seems they didn't like where I was fishing and tried paddling away from that area. So each cast got further and further away. So still wanting to work that area, I reared back and really tried with all I had to sling that worm to the area and as I came forward, the rod stopped quickly. I mean a dead stop. I couldn't figure out what was wrong, so I looked at the line and turned to see what was wrong. Well this guys wife had that Mann's 6" grape jelly worm hanging from her forehead with the 1/0 Blue finished Tru-turn hook totally embedded into her head. Everybody was deadly quite, and I thought for a second and said "If you wanted a jelly worm, you could have asked"! That was the last time I had the entire family waiting to fish ever again. Some times things work out for the better... :facepalm:
Sequence of events! I have to wonder does anybody else ever get into situations where you have to build this before you can built that? I mean I want to build these rod boxes and would love to build them out of the boat and then simple PB them in place and tab them. However, seem everything has to be done before I can do that. And the rod boxes have to be in place to build other things concerning them. I have to run the PVC tubing to accommodate the engine shift controls and engine wiring harness to the helm section, but I also want to mix and pour foam in the lower sections as well. And then install the top flooring section and the cut outs for the lids and such. It is one of those catch 22's. You have to do this before that, but this has to be done before you can do something else. I know confusing, But Seems things are not always so easy to figure out and do. So I will strive on and will work the sequence out some how.
Cup holders are not the initial problem anymore. I think I have figured them out now. They will stand a little proud of the side boxes, but not look too silly when finished anyway. I really need to get moving because once I have the rod boxes and front platform installed, it is flip the hull and start the prep work for the paint. And honestly I am seriously wanting to do that. ..soon too!
