04-11-2022, 05:25 PM
(04-11-2022, 03:45 PM)PACMEN Wrote:(04-10-2022, 02:56 PM)obifishkenobi Wrote: One of my down rigger bases broke yesterday while fishing, thought I would see if any of you folks have one your not using and would be willing to part with before I pay full price for a new one.
I noticed the other day that one of ours is cracked. I'm sure this is due to the fact that it is mounted to 1/8" plate and there is flex in it. I'm going to weld a piece of plate to the top so as to stiffen it up.
Yup, same issue with mine, on my old boat when I mounted them I put a piece of 3/4" plywood on the bottom side of the aluminum which kept it from flexing, looks like I need to do that on this boat as well.