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Center Console 15 Rigging Tunnel Cover
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:27 pm
by mcamuso
Where can an OEM rigging tunnel cover for a Center Console 15 be purchased?
BACKSTORY: I may buy a Center Console 15. Its rigging tunnel cover is missing and has been replaced with one made from KING StarBoard.
Re: 15’ Tunnel Cover
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:31 pm
by dtmackey
You could find one from a scrapped boat. Those are no longer available unless you could find a good fiberglass shop to mold one up for you, but that's not an inexpensive option.
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Re: Center Console 15 Rigging Tunnel Cover
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 8:30 am
by jimh
I would not defer the purchase of a nice Center Console 15 just because the rigging tunnel cover is not OEM. Those models are somewhat rare.
Re: Center Console 15 Rigging Tunnel Cover
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 1:01 pm
by mcamuso
I’m not. That’s why I’m trying to find the correct cover.
Re: Center Console 15 Rigging Tunnel Cover
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 1:57 pm
by dtmackey
jimh wrote:I would not defer the purchase of a nice Center Console 15 just because the rigging tunnel cover is not OEM. Those models are somewhat rare.
Couldn't agree more, if a good deal I would purchase the boat, they are hard to find. I'd probably fabricate a nice mahogany cover with inlays to give it a nice look.
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Re: Center Console 15 Rigging Tunnel Cover
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:52 pm
by jimh
mcamuso wrote:I’m not.
I am confused by the brevity of your sentence.
What action are you going to take with regard to buying the CENTER CONSOLE 15?
Re: Center Console 15 Rigging Tunnel Cover
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:54 pm
by jimh
mcamuso wrote:That’s why I’m trying to find the correct cover.
I am confused by your reference to “that.”
Why are you trying to find an OEM cover?
Note: the reason the OEM cover is missing is probably because it flew off the boat because it was not properly retained in the OEM design. Many SPORT 15 boats lost their bow anchor locker cover for that same reason, and those boats are now using a non-OEM hatch cover there.
Re: Center Console 15 Rigging Tunnel Cover
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2021 9:08 pm
by mcamuso
I bought the Center Console 15 boat.
BACKSTORY ON PURCHASED BOAT.
The seller got the boat when he bought a house, and the Center Console 15 was in a garage on the property. The sat boat for years without being touched. The hull was stripped: no seats, no console, no railings, no rigging tunnel cover. The seller installed a piece of KING StarBoard cut too long, too bright white, and just doesn’t look right.
FUTURE PLAN
My ideal remedy will be to find an OEM rigging tunnel cover. I may use teak. I may use Flexiteek synthetic teak decking on the boat. Using Flexiteek could make using KING StarBoard undesirable because to get any other material to adhere to KING StarBoard is almost impossible.