My Search is over.....1860 SeaArk

[JETTYWOLF]

I like a SeaArk Jon.....nut I like 'em better after you beef them up.

Here's a guy like you. Wanting to light-up the Night in Texas:
http://www.bowfishtexas.com/Boat.htm

I beleive he calls his boat the "Killin' Spree"......cool name. Not as cutsey.

[MacCTD]

Looks great, what is it getting for power?

[mojomizer]

Thats going to be a Gigging machine I think it is so cool that people show up for a Boat flipping party A testament to your character

I too would like to see and read about her powering up.

Thanks for sharing

Mark
2325 Wa Pacificskiff

[warthog5]

There is a DF-70 Suzzy 4 stroke going on it.

I put in a LOT of hours in today. Got to where my back and feet hurt. So I went to the local watering hole to self medicate @ Happy Hour.

When I got back to the house I walked out in the shop again feeling better. I couldn't just leave it alone. I worked till 1:00am.

The plumbing, and electrical is pretty well done in the transom area. Fuel tank mounted, twin batteries, Jack Plate mounted and wired.

My back and feet are hurting again.

[JETTYWOLF]

Can't wait to see wet or just plain done pics

You can hold a cold beer in the pics, and make us all jelous of a j-o-b well done.

[warthog5]

I've been busy burning the midnight oil. Monday I was still in the shop at 1:00am Tuesday morning.
Tuesday Dwayne Creery of DB Signs .....1-850-284-1519 was out there with me until 11:30pm and look what he brought with him.



Here's just a few pix's of whats going on, but still have a LOT more to do.






House Battery and Jackplate pump.

[Daddy'O]

Outstanding work Bobby.

Very nice,

Wayne

[warthog5]

Chances are good for a water test this Sunday.

Installed a Rudder Zinc to protect the hull.





Starting Battery




BEP Cluster Switch.



Rigging tube going from the STB side into the console.

[warthog5]

Yesterday I discovered when hooking the throttle up like it was, that the control didn't have full swing to go WFO. In fact it would only let the throttle plate open to 1/4.

This seemed very strange as it was rigged that way all along. I did change to a new control, but it was the exact same thing that was on there before.

Anyway the fix was that the control needed to be raised 3in in order to have full swing and also not pinch my fingers on the forward part of the console.

To do this a alum weldment was made. Yes I would have liked to have painted it Green to match the boat, but Black Hammer finish will have to do. I don't want to take 2 days just to prime and paint the thing.





And the the "Big Brown Truck" showed up with a Large, Heavy Box today.
[:D]

Minkota Riptide SF 80lb thrust / 24V/ 62in Shaft. It's their Top Dog in a 80lb unit.

[aluminumdreamer]

Nice to see the old girl coming together. You are on fire! When do you find the time to sleep? The boat is looking awesome, Can't wait to see the finished product.

Nate

[warthog5]

When do you find the time to sleep?

My girlfriend wants to know the same thing. She feels neglected. LOL Actually I got her out there helping me the other day. Oh......and she came and cleaned my house while I was fishing. :)

I took a break yesterday. My buddy Mike called and needed another body to go fishing. So I did that. They don't even slow down till they are 30mi offshore.

It was Super slick out there. Only problem with that is it means there is NO breeze and it's SUPER hot.

I'll be back at it today.

[warthog5]

This is a Blue Seas Cable Clam. I use these all the time for cable installs on boats. More so for electronics installs.



Other people use a stainless Clam shell and cram it full of Silicone. I hate when I see that. :(




There are several reasons.

1] Is that the hole is usually drilled to small and then they put the end on a VHF antenna. This makes it harder / more time consuming to change out when the antenna gets broken.

2] The Blue Seas Cable Clams just look cleaner and are watertite. No Silicone to clean up either.

Here you see the hole cut for the screw in Pie Hole plate.



What's in there?

A Power post to connect 4ga cable from the batteries to the 10ga at the Trolling motor. With this setup, I've calculated only a 2% Voltage drop for the total run. :)
That is good in Marine equipment, as 3% is acceptable for Primary equipment. A Trolling Motor is not considered primary equipment on a boat and thus can be as low as 10% voltage drop.

The bottom line is the Trolling motor will preform better.

[warthog5]

Here is the control box riser that was built. I enlisted the help of the guys at B&D to get this done. It's painted and mounted now.






Here is the Mini Racor filter I used. Yes I know....I push the stainless units.
But I did take special precautions so the stainless fasteners do not touch the alum on this one. That will stop the unit from shedding it's nice powdercoated surface.



The extra outlet will come in handy to plumb a line to the generator.

[warthog5]

Just finished building the Ballast box. The 400watt units weigh aprox.35lbs each with all the guts in them. So to get weight off the front of the boat the housing gets gutted except for the reflector,socket and bulb.



There is a transformer / Ballast, Igniter and capacitor that get moved out of the light housing.

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The Honda is still in whisper mode and running maybe 1/4 throttle.

[warthog5]

It's a little overkill.......Imagine that. :)

But I had them. 492 Garmin Chartplotter and Furuno 582 fishfinder.

More used to keep from running around in this boat.

Blue Sea Cable Clams to run the wiring thru.

[warthog5]

It's ALIVE again. Fuel pump was stuck. I unstuck it and fired this thing up after sitting for a year.

[warthog5]

It actually was running but running Fat. IE: Rich and excess fuel / soot seemed to be coming out the exhaust.

I finished up a bunch of wiring and stuff and took off to the water late this afternoon. I started it again before I left the house. Fired right up. Fired right up on the launch ramp. Idled out of the no wake zone and went to give it some throttle. It blubbered and died. It would not restart. That is why I made sure the trolling motor was operational and batteries at full charge.

I'm tired, it's Hot and I just need a Beer and A/C now. Screw it.

[welder]

Bobby , is that a carbed motor ?

[warthog5]

Nope......It's a 4 cylinder /4 cycle Fuel Infected 70Hp.

My buddy Ed came over today and gave me a hand with pulling wire. One more day on the wiring and it will be complete.

Wiring in the Bow done. Safety covers on the Trolling Motor connections at Power Posts.

The other wiring is Nav lights and LED cockpit lights.



Here a LED strip installed, but temporary fired up.

[warthog5]

More pix's It's about ready to fish.

The LED cockpit lights didn't photograph well.










Backup GPS and IPOD added.

[mojomizer]

Fuel filter, fuel pump or injector???? Your rig looks great good job on setting her up. I want to see a doormat of a flatfish gigged.

Thanks for sharing.

Mark
2325 Wa Pacificskiff

[warthog5]

Trailer work today.

Here's Doug [He's the "D". ] of B&D Welding working on some custom side bunks. I sure didn't want to put them on , but hey....it is a Jon Boat and needs them to make loading easier. I don't like the fact that it covered the boats name and makes it harder to wash.











And then the front crossmember was modified.

[warthog5]

We made a plan to go. Then Ed and I went and ran the boat, after some Tecroline additive and a spark plug change. After we got on Bayou Grande and the wind was blowing pretty sporty there we decided not to go at night.......but wait, a front came thru and everything got real calm. Brother called and said "Lets Go!"

So at 10:30 last night my brother Bill and I put in. We fished till 4:00 this morning.

This is the result of "Tickle Me Green's", "First Blood". :) Nothing Super spectacular, but all quality fish.







Largest was 21 1/2in and smallest was 14 1/2in.






The seat made a difference for me. I was not worn out from standing all the time. Bill however decided the seat was in his way and moved it to the back.

We blew 2 new light bulbs and had to change them on the 400's. The coverage was good, but the light reflecting back in your eyes off the White TM, was not good. Swapping the 400 lights from one side to the other will allow them to be aimed outboard [the way the mounts are designed] and I believe this will help. Bill pretty well ran the TM all night and Loved it. Easier to steer and Gobs of Power.

One of our normal spots didn't hold any Flounder and we were perplexed by that.

[warthog5]

2nd time out.


18,19,20in
2.6.3.0,3.2lbs

13yr old Austin gigged his 1st Flounder. He's addicted now. :)

He also scooped most of those crabs. [16 of them]









Austin and his Dad Berney

[warthog5]

Got rid of the Destroyer steering wheel, where someone tried to put a spinner on it. It didn't work right either.

That wheel was 15 1/2in. The new one is 13 1/2in.

It is just like the ones on my Mako, except the raw metal is covered on the rim.

This will help not transfer the cold to your hands and it is much more stylish.