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Chuckles, I think SS got into the marine market almost by accident. The whole thing just looks a whole lot more natural in the "terrestial" deployment with the heavy tripod base that it drops into. When I told them that I was waiting for a "Son of SolarStik" or "SolarStik Junior" to come out, downscaled a bit, they said "be patient". Apparently something is in the works, or at least in consideration, and marine is just a secondary market for this thing.
As a professional welder...if you took a sketch of something similar, or a photo of one, into your local "Hi we can do stainless and aluminum right" welding shop, what do you figure they'd charge for it?
Best I can figure, is that this one is most suitable for a boat around 40' OAL, and best installed inboard, with a pipe mount installed in the corner of the rear deck. (Outboard mounts just violate my boundaries, so to speak.)
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