Stephen,
Can you read minds, I was just brain teasing myself on how I want to finish my trailer set up I went with the PVC 15" painted it orange with yellow caps, You can spot it ten miles away, kind of matches my redish orange/yellow hulls. I like your Idea I'm moving towards a cage set up. I would like to see what your talking about. My hull repair job went great

I used Git Rot very easy to use small amounts til it filled, heated up nicely still has a few days to cure fully. The cool thing is I love working on my boat as much as I love sailing it.
Good Sails
Todd