Its here! My 2012 Stingray 195CX

spoilsofwar · May 23, 2012

First, let me apologize for these terrible cell phone pictures... In my haste to get it to my garage, I forgot to take any pictures of it outside :facepalm: So these will have to do for now. But after this upcoming weekend, when we splash it, I'll have many more (and better). With that said, here it is:

spoilsofwar · May 23, 2012

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Brought it home from the dealer today, and got right to work on it; first job was a Magma grill on the swim platform:

Next, a dual battery setup with switch:

Still have to put on my smart tabs (trailer bunks stick out a few inches past transom, so I need to move the boat back first before I can put them on) and wire up my Lumitec Seablaze 3 underwater lights.

Named:

The name is tongue-in-cheek. I was indeed voted "class rebel" of my high school class. I then immediately joined the Army, and there I've been ever since... Not very rebellious

Bob_VT · May 23, 2012

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Very Very Very nice!!! And with the V-6

You did excellent grasshopper!!

Philster · May 23, 2012

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Nice! Enjoy!

choppywaters · May 23, 2012

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Sweet, all nice and shinny new and another Stingray owner!

The Rooster · May 23, 2012

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Beautiful "Spoils". Best of luck w/ the maiden voyage. Those underwater lights will look awesome on an evening cruise.

BlkY2k · May 23, 2012

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Be a utiful

scrit9mm · May 24, 2012

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Very nice!

Best of luck on the first splash!

gn85 · May 24, 2012

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Congrats on the new boat. We need to see pics on the water.

jkust · May 24, 2012

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Congrats on the boat but I really like that garage space.

calvinman · May 24, 2012

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Nice!!!!

ricohman · May 24, 2012

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Beautiful boat. I am very jealous of your boat shed!
I am also thinking of a dual battery setup on my boat.

spoilsofwar · May 24, 2012

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ricohman said:
Beautiful boat. I am very jealous of your boat shed!
I am also thinking of a dual battery setup on my boat.

Thanks fellas. The garage is great for storing and working on my toys, but being metal, it gets hot! I was sweating my butt off in there yesterday. I'm headed back up after work to dip the boat in the water so I can slide it back a few inches on the trailer and put the smart tabs on.

The dual battery setup is probably something I wouldn't be without on a boat, just for the redundancy. I've never actually killed a battery and needed the secondary, but it puts my mind at ease.

spoilsofwar · May 24, 2012

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Today's projects:
Guest fan in the cuddy... makes a big difference!

Smart tabs installed as well, but lighting was too low by that point to get any decent pics.

spoilsofwar · May 25, 2012

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I'm just going to keep posting pictures till someone tells me to stop

Seablaze 3's installed today:

drilling 1/2" holes through the transom of one's brand new boat is an interesting experience.

BlkY2k · May 25, 2012

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I gotta hand it to ya because I dont think I could`ve held the drill still enuff. It does look great but I dont know if I couldve done it. lol

scoutabout · May 26, 2012

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Gorgeous boat, spoils - and i love the look of those lights.

Curious about the tabs, tho. How do you know you even need them if you haven't tried her out yet?

spoilsofwar · May 28, 2012

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scoutabout said:
Curious about the tabs, tho. How do you know you even need them if you haven't tried her out yet?

Reading mostly, everyone with a Stingray says they're a great help minimizing the porpoising issue that these hulls tend to have. But I suppose the real answer is, I dont know that I needed them

spoilsofwar · May 28, 2012

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Just got back from our weekend trip to Canoe Point state park. First splash was a great success! Some pictures:

the park, its on Grindstone island and only accessible by boat

My wife lounging on the sunpad... girls love sunpads

boat docked

at the alex bay docks for the blessing of the fleet

Sun setting over Grindstone island

spoilsofwar · Jun 17, 2012

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Did some more work on the boat;

Blue LED strip lighting under the coaming panels

the pictures make it look very weird... Cell phone camera... Looks really cool in person. I integrated it into the factory courtesy lighting circuit.

White LED strip lighting in engine compartment

You can see the TH Marine spare prop tie down kit I added

Mounting brackets for my Kindle Fire in the cuddy... The kid should appreciate this

Digitized template from SeaDek for my swim platform pad. Should be ready in 5 weeks they say

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