Rail launcher rod holder

[Fish Fight]

I built these for my boat. She's a salty boat and these rod holders work great for trolling for tuna and for drifting for halibut.

 

[Irishrover]

Great looking rod holders. What are they made out of aluminum or plastic?

 

[Troutier Bassier]

Man! Those are Legit!

 

[OnTheFly]

Wow! Cool color design too. There must be another part to the clamping point not shown.:think:

 

[ZeeBorn]

That's a slick looking bit of kit you got there! Lets see them in action!

 

[Anyfishisfine]

Cool. What software are you using there?

 

[Fish Fight]

Cool. What software are you using there?

I'm using Cadkey for the design and Bob Cad/Cam for the CNC Programming.

 

[Fish Fight]

Great looking rod holders. What are they made out of aluminum or plastic?

They're made out of aluminum. I've broken 3 plastic rod holders and lost 1 spendy custom rod and reel to the sea. That's why I built these. They're solid and with the clamping features that I have on them they will take a lot more force than the plastic ones will before rotating on the rail.

 

[Irishrover]

I know what you mean. I lost a nice net out of Newport. I had it in a plastic rod holder up forward just a bit. I look up for the net and only saw an upside down rod holder. I dont use the rail hoder any more.