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I have a 2004 270 Outrage. I have searched all over and can't seem to find information on installing HD swivel rod holders. I'm thinking I can cut a hole in a piece of starboard that the bottom of the rod holder tube can slide into and then bolt the piece of starboard to the inside part of the hull to take most of the presser off of the piece that's just glued to the hull at the top of the gunwale. Has anyone done this before or have a better suggestion? We are going to be fishing for BFT so quite a bit of presser will be on where ever the rod holder gets attached. I don't want the glued on piece with the factory rod holders getting ripped off.

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Any ideas out there? I'm going to give it a try next week. I'll try to get some pictures and report back on how it goes.

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Because your Outrage is a 2004 I assume the hull side inner liner runs down from the gunnel to the deck, ie. the hull sides are solid fiberglass and foam. If that is correct installing gunnel mounted rod holders may require some special details to avoid exposing the foam to the elements.

I've seen gunnel mounted rod holders with drain fittings on the bottom which allow tubing to be used to route water to the deck or bilge. That really complicates the installation. For that reason the several rod holders I've added to our 190 Montauk are rail mounted.

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Thanks for the info! Will be at the boat in a couple days to look into it more. I was worried I might run into the foam on the other side of the inner hull wall.

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I looked up the boat and see you have flush mount 30 degree rod holders. I would get some aluminum downrigger gimbal mount brackets and either attach the swivel mount rod holders directly to them or attach a mounting rail onto a couple of the gimbal mounts on the same gunnel. Then work from the rail. Starboard is not structural. That or a professional well installed stainless rail set up. I would not be drilling into the boat if at all possible.