The New Adventure Begins!
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Wondermur
Crew Member
With those cushions off at the back I’m thinking a big cooler would sit nicely on seat in the middle on top of some anti slip cloth. A 40” tray mounted on top of the cooler where you can land the slimy fish and net, remove hooks. Then bonk and slip a 5’ cord thru the gills, clip on starboard cleat then fish off the tray and over the side, cut gills when fish is in the water with some snips
No mess on the deck and a great workstation for rigging gear at convenient height. Sooo good!
...as long as you don’t cut the cord with the gills
Alex_c
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Does that back bench slide forward? Looks like it’s on tracks
ab1752
Crew Member
Or remove the damn thing in it's entirety.
leftcoast
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I believe it does to raise the outboards but Rain City will know for sure
WHO DAT
Crew Member
Sure opens up the dance floor when engines down and bench is able to slide back! Never mind what Billy Idol says, " You Are A Rockstar" Best Regards
Rain City
Crew Member
That's correct. It slides forward to bring the engines fully out of the water.
That's a great idea! I've been racking my brain about where to put a full height cleaning table! There's a fresh water washdown but I wanted to come up with a plug and play salt water one too. I could even mount the pump and everything in that cooler and throw it on the boat when it's in fishing mode.With those cushions off at the back I’m thinking a big cooler would sit nicely on seat in the middle on top of some anti slip cloth. A 40” tray mounted on top of the cooler where you can land the slimy fish and net, remove hooks. Then bonk and slip a 5’ cord thru the gills, clip on starboard cleat then fish off the tray and over the side, cut gills when fish is in the water with some snips
No mess on the deck and a great workstation for rigging gear at convenient height. Sooo good!
...as long as you don’t cut the cord with the gills
All handz on dek
Member
Almost need a butler to net the fish 4ya......lol
Rain City
Crew Member
You don't get it, I AM THE BUTLER!
Yes love, at your service honey. Whatever boat you want sweetie pie.
Alex_c
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I’ve gotta get my lady to get a more expensive taste in boats. So far she’s more than happy slummin’ it on the skiff, netting my 20+ pounders for me
. Me on the other hand…
Aquaholic
Crew Member
The Butler like Manuel in Fawlty Towers?
Alex_c
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Ees not a rat…ees a hamstair!
Aquaholic
Crew Member
He t-died to kees me!
Buckethead905
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What’s the plan for throttle control and steering from the back deck? Is there room for a kicker?
Rain City
Crew Member
I have seen some crazy looking brackets built off the port side swim platform, there's no access there anyway. So that's an option but I might just try and figure out an auto pilot system instead. The inside helm is quite accessible through the sliding doors so it'll be fine to run from there for the time being.
Buckethead905
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The NAC-1 AP from lowrance is affordable and does a pretty amazing job, I just installed one this year that I got on sale at HC for $999. You can add a remote for $500 to that and it connects via Bluetooth. That would be money well spent for you, trying to set gear or do anything solo would be a nightmare on that boat. Nice sled by the way!
cohochinook
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Congratulations! That's a beautiful boat.
By listening to the wife's advice, you're not going to catch AIDS- "Angling Induced Divorce Syndrome"!
Happy wife equals happy fisherman!
By listening to the wife's advice, you're not going to catch AIDS- "Angling Induced Divorce Syndrome"!
Happy wife equals happy fisherman!
Rain City
Crew Member
I agree 100%. That sounds like a bargain. Thanks!
kaelc
Crew Member
You can pick up a second chart plotter for pretty good price and steer the autopilot from the stern, not as cheap or as portable as the remote but being able to see bait/etc is nice.
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