Last but not least, I purchased a Garmin Kraken 90 inch shaft trolling motor. After having spot lock for a few years on my little boats, I've grown completely spoiled and have to have it on this boat as well.
The fit was tight, and I had to make the bow rail swing open as others on the...
In better news, I've completed the finish trim work in the cabin, and starting to organize and clean for installing the upholstery. I'll have to get a video when it's installed and tidy to show it all.
These first few pics show the PVC board I used for some complex curves. I used a contour...
While I was at it, I'd planned to fair and re-gelcoat some beaching damage by the bow. However, with the trailer out, I found much more expansive damage. There was/is stress-cracking and evidence of running aground throughout most of the hull, which was covered by bottom paint. It's not deep...
I can't believe how long it's been since I updated this thing. Work never stopped on the boat, just went slower than I'd like due to lots of overtime at work. I'll try to recap in order based on old pics in my phone:
I re-covered the cooler seat:
I then focused on slightly modifying and...
Those welds will hold just fine from what I see. Most aluminum welds crack from the crater being underfilled and/or work hardening from repeated stress.
I would look up the technical data sheets for the honeycomb panels versus other materials. Honeycomb panels tend to be good in compression, but poor in other specs. It may still work, but could require other alterations to achieve the same strength as original.
It was already there, so I was stuck with the hole; I believe it's factory from my searching. I did replace it with an aluminum frame version, but I don't recall if I posted it.
It's strong enough to be stepped on, but I'm still going to sew up a protective/insulative cover for it.
Any...
Next, I decided to add a decent, albeit budget sound system in the cockpit after being underwhelmed by the soundbar in my bay boat. I added an 800W Skar monoblock amp plus an 8 channel Rockville 600W amp, one 10 inch DVC Skar subwoofer, and four 6.5 inch Skar coaxial speakers. The aft speaker...
The headliner is done, minus adding some trim where edges meet.
You can also see the Sunbrella curtains I made plus the pieces covering the hull/cap joint (not sure of terminology). When I replaced the rub rail rivets with #10-24 bolts, I installed really long bolts every couple of feet...
I have unfrozen several cables by attaching ATF-filled clear vinyl hose to the end of the tube. With the hose pointed up so that the fluid enters the tube, rig the other end up to compressed air. It sometimes takes a week, but it works.
