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the Suzuki controls are installed and the main wire harness is pulled to the back of the boat. I do not have any of it hooked up. I will let the shop plug it all in. You can see the auto pilot pump installed under the steering wheel. I have it hooked up to the steering but do not have the cylinder h...

one end of the cable is very small and makes it easy to pull through rigging tubes. Then you just screw on the adapter when you are ready to hook it up. Pretty sweet.

installed VHF antenna's. I went with Morad, the 159 is for VHF/AIS while the 156 is just for VHF. This is what the CG and a lot of commercial boats use. I debated between this and Digital and decided to go this way. The aluminum tubes are powder coated and I used TEFJEL to between the tubes to help ...

installed a Nmea 2k compatible fuel level sensor. I was looking at a analog to nmea2k convertor but going this way was almost the same money. Just plug direct into the Nmea2k system. Then I should be able to see fuel tank level on my mfd's. I know that I can see fuel usage on the engine management s...

back deck lit up, and under gunnel lighting. Under gunnel lights are some cheap IPX 67 off amazon and the deck lights are Vision X duralux mini's.

added labels to the wires going to the ACR's so I know where each wire is going. Also added 200amp fuses to the + wires going to the main switches.

when the holes were drilled for the transducers the isolator ring was not taken into account. Oops lol. Nothing a jigsaw cannot fix. They fit now lol.

Found a clamshell pickup for the washdown pump pickup. If it works good and keeps a prime even on step I will probably add another setup to the port side for the livewell system next winter. or just "T" off of this one. That would be a lot easier. 20220119_113220-1.jpg 20220119_113353-1.jp...

welder wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 5:51 pm Nice ride but you might want to add some Rod Holders.

I know, I know lol.

MacCTD wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:46 am Looks great, why so many rod holders?

LOL I thought I cut back ;). some days I might have up to 30 rods or more if going after tuna, salmon and halibut. I do not like having to look for a empty rod holder if switching setups. And why not it was easy and cheap to add them

Oh yeh and don't get in a hurry and not pay attention. Did not notice till later that we ended up with 12 rod holders on the port and 11 on the starboard. We had a block of wood for a spacer block and still messed up lol. We ended up only a few inches off between the two sides by just growing a 1/4 ...

Back and sides of cabin all done and just need to add a couple more in the front of the cabin for fishing the bow.

We built a spacer bar out of 2X2 square tubing, 45'd the ends, capped them off and added a couple of more rod holders to the back deck rack. If you are over 6'2" you better duck lol. At 5'9" I have plenty of room and can actually grab rods out of there without standing on my tippy toes ;) ...

Just been working on wiring lately so have not had much to show. To do it right takes a ton of time. Adding a couple pole holders to the top, John (bolen05) is getting ready to cut the straight edge free so we can reposition the front rod holder where it needs to be mounted. Big thanks to John for c...

radar and SCX-20 satellite receiver installed, not wired up as the head unit is not installed yet. I am going to cut down the anchor light so I can leave it up and not have to worry about taking it out when I back into the shop.

Also have a pair mounted for the front of the boat.

30 amp breakers for the electric outlets mounted and wired in. Using 10awg wire. Waiting on one more breaker to show up. Not going to tighten up all of the wire ties until a later date when I am sure that I am done pulling wires. I also pulled in a wire for under gunnel lighting and do not have them...

electric reel outlets for the back deck. I had the front four installed and did not like the the ones two foot from the transom but did not want to leave the hole empty so I wired it up also. I added the two right next to the transom as I figured they would be less likely to get the plug banged up. ...

getting some wiring done, davit winch outlet wired in. Using a marinco 70amp plug with 6/2 wire on a 80amp breaker. The 16/2 is waiting for a pair of Vision M460 flood lights

This makes me smile, heat shrinked, labeled, neatly layed out and room for future growth. NMEA 2000 backbone, autopilot controller ect. I hate working on a rats nest of wires with automotive style wire and connectors. The East coast boat builders figured this out long before the tin can builders hav...

all screws, rivets and nuts and bolts are giving a coating of tef gel. In between most items bolted to the boat, whether aluminum or stainless is a coating also. All to combat corrosion and make it easier to come apart down the road. Gotta love that.

and the interior, shockwave S5 with Pacifics stock seats and sliders. The stock WA7 cabin has a bench across the back of the cabin and no back door. I changed it to a 8' cabin with benches down each side and a door opening. Three batteries under the dash with a spot ready for a second house battery ...

couple shots of the cockpit. The tiedowns give me plenty of options for different setups. Bait tank and kill bag rack, full tote, kill bag rack running bow to stern. Pacific had some 2" schedule 80 pipe for a davit and bent it up for me.

couple shots of the bow, plenty of room for a couple of fisherman to chase tuna or halibut. Will add a couple of electric reel outlets up here.

went up and pick her up Thursday, 30 mpg on the way up to Marysville and 13.5 on the way back lol. The little ecodiesel handled it with no issues and plenty of power. Now my work begins.