So now we get to the seat placement and dash.
I had a vision of a nice smooth dash with everything in one central command centre... but the Furuno is too deep and now is going to live up above on a mount (see mount in photo)
It will be angled towards the dash, the way I took the photo is crap and I had to paly with the picture to burn out the shadows by overexposing it.
The two Suzuki 4" LCDs take the top two hols on the right and the engine controls will be mounted on the panel as well, I can't remember which spot. Robert wanted to give me more room between the seat and the cabin wall and to do that the controls will be mounted on the dash panel. The trim tab controls will be mounted on the starboard top of the dash and the MOB system will be mounted on the opposite side.
Now my wife is 5'3" so having to move the Furuno unit up high has caused a challenge, and one I hadn't thought of till today as I was writing this. I don't think she will be able to reach the screen and that may be an issue. I think Furuno has a separate controller, or perhaps we will have to buy a 9" unit and mount it in the dash (unless it is too thick ) and somehow slave them together.
I am leaving that in Robert and Gavin from Sea Comm Marine Electronics capable hands.
We did some test positioning of the pilot seat and it needs to be a little higher up and mounted at the back of the seat box.
The shock wave adjustable foot rest will work well for my wife and I so we can both have good foot bracing rather than one of us being really uncomfortable and/or the other having no foot support
Funny Story, I was just ready to leave and I had one of those cold rushes of fear run down my spine. I looked at Robert and said, the seats are black that is the wrong colour. My wife had ordered a custom colour in May when we toured the Shockwave factory . We knew the seats had arrived but I hadn't seen them yet.
The good news is the black Shockwave seat was for another build. Our seats had been checked by my wife and Robert a month ago when they had arrived and they were in storage and the correct colour.