I haven't updated here in a while... Here's a few weekends of updates.
Over the week I fooled with the rub rail a little. Dan and I got the bow section of stainless on last night. Sure looks pretty. I am going to try to put the other 2 sections on this weekend. They are calling for rain. Go figure. I would like to say I'll be pulling cables and harnesses for the motors, but who knows anymore.
Here's some other stuff I was working on last weekend.
I installed some drains into the fiberglass instrument pod I made. I faired them out inside the pod and re-primed and painted with Imron. I have a few sags to wetsand, but its going on the boat this weekend for sure.
The little wood thing is a pad to mount the throttle control and trim switches on. Its just clear primer right there. I'll scuff it and spray clear Imron tomorrow. It should be ready to go on the boat by Sunday.
Here's a pix of some misc. fiberglass plates I made... Solid fiberglass plates as thick as 3/4". All are different backing plates for things like the water pick-up, thruhull transducer, bow cleat, fuel filter mounts, and etc.
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I brought the boat out to James Caldwell today. He put some rear supports on the T-top and another row of rod holders. I think it looks great but still a little plain. In the coming months I'll be able to see what we can do to spruce it up and still keep the functionality of the leaning post rod holders and rear support legs. But either way, I'm happy with it and it makes a big difference in the dynamics of the T-top. As usual, nice work by James.
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Yesterday, Dan and I put the stainless on the Starboard side. It did indeed come out nice. Later in the evening I pulledout the table saw and ripped a bunch of walnut for the trimwork. I'll get to all that in the coming weeks. I also cut up and bunch of fiberglass backing plates and blocks I had laminated last weekend. You will see them and their purposes as they are all installed in the coming weeks.
Today I did some rigging. I started with the steering rams and tie-bar assembly. I got that all buttoned up. I installed the helm and steering wheel also. Then I put in the instrument pod and panel as well as the throttle/shift.
I pulled the motor harnesses, shift cables, and smart craft harnesses. Then I installed the key switches and kill lanyard. I ran all those to the motors as well.
So the plan is to tackle making and running the battery cables, hooking up the batterys, battery switch, and the final hook-up on the shift/throttle and etc. Then I need to finish out hooking up the steering by putting in the thru-transom steering hose fittings.
If I can get all that done, the next task will be to install and wire the bilge pumps. Then the trim tab pump and hoses, transducer, and thru hull water pick-up.
Getting closer. I could literally be going for a boat ride after 2 solid weekends... but we'll see what the stork brings in the next couple of days. I did run the motors for a few minutes today. They fired right up and ran very smoothly. It was a neat feeling to turn the keys from the console.
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