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Ambrose's Swing and Ozzie

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Here are a couple of pics my Swing and my old Ozzie.
The swing is fitted with 2 rear flush mount rod holders plus 1 on the left side. The sounder is an Eagle Cuda 128 that is powered by a 12v cordless drill battery. The crate had to be cut down a little so it fits into the Swings rear tankwell.
The Ozzie had a similar setup except the sounder was mounted onto a removable board. It also had a Berkley rod holder near my left foot.

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No problem Red, the rod holder on the Ozzie is removable.
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Hi Ambrose, I like your taste in kayaks :wink:

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Cordless Drill Battery? Never thought of that, very clever.

Do you simply wire it up as neg to Neg and Positive to Positive? How long does the charge last?
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Cordless Drill Battery? Never thought of that, very clever.

Do you simply wire it up as neg to Neg and Positive to Positive? How long does the charge last?
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Eric
Yeah it's as simple as that to wire it up.
The battery charge is surprisingly good, when I was testing it ran for 6hrs in demo mode and then I turned it off.

Ripper. What was the brand? I might think about something very similar for the espri, I reckon.
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The rod holder is made by Berkley and I think it's called a 'Quick Set'
The only problem is where it is mounted on the side of the Ozzie (is that called the gunwhale?) is not a flat surface so I had to make the rod holder mount curved aslo. I guess the Espri is the same.I used a grinder to get the curve and then made a gasket out of a cork material to make sure it was waterproof.

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