Thanks for the compliments all....i worked really hard on this thing...when i put it up on blocks last fall to peel the anti-fowling paint off, I took and extra 3 days and flat blocked all the blisters and imperfections off before i primed and painted.
The pipe bender was not high quality one. I broke the handle off the first one, but I was hell bent on finishing the project. I wouldn't recommend the bender I used. the piping IS slightly flattened around the outside corners.
Yes..I do have a kite.
Yes..I did take off the stock rail.
the new one feels solid enough..not wobbly
Yes..I do have a ladder, but it is not stock, its bolted to the transom like the stocker though
Dagger is stock..but it too has been flat blocked and then faired to almost perfection.
I would love to add a solor panel set-up across the new stern rails but have no idea where to start for wattage and type etc..I saw a 60watt panel and controller for $699 and it made me give up on the idear now.