1997 Mirrocraft 18' aluminum fish n ski

BWR1953

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I found some pix online of a red version of my boat. Mine's definitely been hacked.

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And here's another blue one, but smaller than my boat. That rear deck held 2 more seats.
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BWR1953

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I spent 2 hours vacuuming the boat this morning. That really sucked! 😝
Now, I need to find my nuts. 😁
I think I have some 5/16 stainless battery nuts around here somewhere. :sneaky:

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BWR1953

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At this point, the boat is now "technically" able to be splashed. :cool:
The engine runs and the new hydraulic steering system is installed and working correctly. And the TM is there as backup.

I'd like to get the TM batteries mounted into plastic boxes and circuit breakers installed before splash.

And... I have no working gauges in the boat. I'd really like to have a tach at the least, and water temp and pressure gauges would be even better. But seriously though, getting those gauges working will likely take me weeks. Ugh!

I also need to verify that the lights work and that I have all the safety gear on board. Might be nice to wash it before launch too.

I will not splash the boat without my buddy there. It's a safety thing for me. So, his availability is a factor.
 

BWR1953

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Six days ago, I injured my left shoulder while working on the boat. I treated it with rest, ice and Tylenol for a few days and it was feeling pretty good.

Then last night, I completely wrecked it while putting a gallon container onto the top shelf of the fridge. I iced it twice last night and I've been putting ice on it off and on all day today, but can't do any work on the boat at all. :(
 

Watermann

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Six days ago, I injured my left shoulder while working on the boat. I treated it with rest, ice and Tylenol for a few days and it was feeling pretty good.

Then last night, I completely wrecked it while putting a gallon container onto the top shelf of the fridge. I iced it twice last night and I've been putting ice on it off and on all day today, but can't do any work on the boat at all. :(
Yeah sounds familiar, put new rear shocks on my truck. All was well until after I torqued the bolts at 85 ft lbs on my back up under there. Guess we aren't young anymore. :cautious:
 

BWR1953

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Well, almost 2 weeks later, my shoulder finally healed up enough for me to get the gumption to go out to the garage and get back to work on the boat. :sneaky:

Made some progress on a few things, ran into snags on others (had to order more parts again) and now I have a question.

I have these 2 batteries which I need configure. They're just sitting on the deck partially under the port console. They work well in that location to power the trolling motor, but I can't easily move them forward out of the way. That's how I initially injured my shoulder the first time a few weeks ago. :rolleyes:

I was originally going to put each into a regular battery box, but today I thought maybe I should put both into a single open tray. I'm thinking that I'll need some kind of roller under it.

Any ideas?

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This is the tray I found. It can easily hold both batteries, but I wouldn't be able to move them and it's designed to be secured to the deck.
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