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On Feb 7, 12:07 pm, Chuck Gould wrote:
On Feb 7, 8:50 am, wrote:





On Feb 7, 11:32 am, Chuck Gould wrote:
On Feb 7, 2:59 am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Feb 6, 6:41�pm, Tim wrote:
On Feb 6, 8:37�pm, Chuck Gould wrote:
also accessorizes and commissions the boats in a more "East Coast"
manner.
East coast manner? Honestly, I've never heard of such.
Chuck, can you fill me in on what you're meaning?
Well, among other things I have often been told that on the E coast
more boaters prefer aluminum hardware and fittings. Out west, we tend
to use stainless for everything. I'm sure there are other differences
as well, but maybe the commissioning is more regionally centric than
applicable to the entire E cosat.
Aluminum hardware and fittings? Maybe on an aluminum boat.
Oh, oh. Better tell these three companies that there is no market for
their products......
http://www.topsntowers.com/
http://www.fishingboatsunlimited.com.../aluminum.html
http://www.atlantictowers.com/at_sub/T-Tops.html
Then there's this modest little boat, offered with an aluminum bow
rail.
An aluminum bow rail would be very rare on the W Coast.
http://www.rampageyachts.com/boat_41...tml-Hidequoted text -
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You seem surprised we have those tall towers out here. Simple
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I always thought those towers were for looking down into the water.
All that additional weight and higher COG are worse than useless in
big waves. Last place to add a couple of hundred pounds of weight
(person) in a blow would be that far above the WL- or so I would
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I have no experience with them either of course, but my thinking has
always been the same as yours.. Last place to put all that wieght is
way up there in the snot.. Maybe Harry will chime in here, I am
sure he has experience with some of the taller towers, in the worst
conditions, with a cutout so low the bottom feeders could swim right
in, . .(but no water of course)... but with all the best supporting
electronics and good old salty knowledge, all by himself but with
support boats nearby

Sorry Harry, couldn't resist



Tuna towers can be built of either stainless or aluminum. Most of the
ones I have seen are built of stainless, but I have seen aluminum
towers. On a boat large enough to support a real tower, the "weight"
isn't that significant, but sometimes "windage" is.

I don't like the towers myself. Been up in one or two, and got right
back down.