Stay tuned. I am in the process of re-wiring my boat. Couldn't stand the rats nest I had and decided to do something about it. Pictures to follow.
Wow! and I thought trying to stuff my 24 foot striper into their yard was tough. I can't imagine how they would find room for a 30 footerYup Doug did a great job with my Etec gauge install and wiring as well. They are quite good at Lordship, my only complaint is getting a 30' boat into their yard lol
Ok bear with me here...... this is truly a necessary pun....... "Geeze I hate to have to criticize here Scully,...... but all that music sounds like it is coming from....... ok here it is...... A TIN CAN" HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Ok bear with me here...... this is truly a necessary pun....... "Geeze I hate to have to criticize here Scully,...... but all that music sounds like it is coming from....... ok here it is...... A TIN CAN" HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(Spoken in the best New England Accent) Biff, Tad, Muffy, Just FABulous to see you, What say we toodle on down to the club and have a quick game of tenny before appies? Then maybe we can take the bimmer over to the yacht club and take daddy's boat ovah to tha islands for tha weekend..........Thanks man. Yes, it's coming from an aluminum alloy hull that is 1/4" thick both bottom and sides. One that will last many generations with little more than a re-power once in awhile. Long after yours is sitting rotting in some yard or worse yet landfill . Hell, your great, great, grandchildren could be drinking beer out of part of her if she is ever recycled .
She might not be pretty and white and I might not have to wear Sperry Top siders or white tennis shoes in her, but she works for me .
never noticed mineTuna Flag! I'm jealous. Nice touch.
Anyone familiar with Campbell River style tiller Boston Whaler wiring? I've had mine for 2.5 years and haven't touched the wiring yet. My boat has the light switch, bilge pump switch, ignition, tilt switch, cigarette charger(broken) and ff/gps all attached beside and around the wooden driver's seat base and wired straight to the main(not deep cycle) battery. There is an inline fuse for the ff because I added that. Not really sure what else is fused. At the moment I have my electric start kicker on a seperate (deep cycle)battery and a set of jumper cables for main engine emergency starts. Now I have yet to be mounted electric riggers and need a real radio rather than handheld. Probably should have a tach too. It might be the time to do everything properly with a house/starting battery and a battery switch +/or ACR.
The problem is where to mount everything neatly and out of the weather when there is no console. Or I could just add more stuff to the battery terminals and go fishing. If you respond, understand that I have tools, and time but very little technical electrical expertise. Wiring diagrams make my head spin.
I like the idea of the kicker and 2 batteries because I do go offshore on nice days. I don't think the April point lodge boats have those.
It's a simple boat; am I making it too complicated?
Spring boat projects update:
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If you've read this far, you'll be happy to know I have bailed on my plans to buy some epoxy, matting, mold release, a vacuum system, o-rings, and stainless hinges for a state of the art toothpick holding system. I'll stick with putting them in my pocket and putting on my rain gear for now.