Badbaggers SeaArk 1872 Modification & Restoration Project

[smackdaddy53]

Looks great!

 

[Badbagger]

Thanks Kevin and the name is undisclosed until I get in a few more things.

 

[Badbagger]

Got the hatch seals in today, mounted up the starboard on the console and then the HDS 12 Touch was mounted. Ordered a couple of Blue Seas Cable Clams which will be here tomorrow. Going to finish up the electronics since it'll be easier without any gauges. The Garmin GPSMAP 720S goes in tomorrow.

And here's the 12 Touch.... just needs power and the transducers and good to go.

 

[Country Dave]

Bro that looks awesome. =D> =D> =D>

 

[Badbagger]

Thanks Dave, slowly getting there and on the final chapter of this novel lol. With some luck, I'll be just about done by days end and ready for power. Mounting the starboard was a pain. No adhesive sticks to starboard so went with machine screws. Damn aluminum on the console is 1/4" thick. Thought it was best to get this all done prior to all gauges being mounted in there.

 

[Pweisbrod]

Looks good!

 

[mbweimar]

I hope you don't need a booster seat to see around that massive Lowrance!

 

[bigwave]

That chart polotter looks awesome.....you might as well get the FLIR.....so you can see where your going at night......heck what else could you add......very nice. =D>

 

[Badbagger]

Thanks much! Well as they say, it's not over till it's over. Got the HDS 12 wired up and mounted and also the Garmin GPSMAP 720. I had ordered two Blue Seas Cable Clams to run cables through the console. They shipped UPS and typically UPS will show up early in the morning. However as my luck would have it, they showed up at just before 6 last night and it didn't end there. I had to wait to receive these in order to know what length stainless screws to get. Pried open the box and a few quick measurements and drilled a couple of holes then off to Ace. Luckily I was there before they closed. Picked up yet a bunch more stainless and a hole saw so that I can drill a hole just smaller than the diameter of the cable clam. I've got to run a power wire and two transducer wires through the opening.

So at first light, it's back to it. I am hoping to be done by late morning so I can head to the marina. If it weren't for UPS, I'd have been done yesterday by 5.
The Big Brown Truck strikes again!

 

[Country Dave]

Good morning brother,

The Lowrance looks great. Nothing like having a good chart plotter/sounder with a big screen to build confidence when navigating and they don’t get any better than Lowrance. I like to learn a new area by studying the chart and or Google earth first and use a chart plotter as a failsafe.
You’re making good progress, I’m in the office on Saturday and Sunday is Mothers day so I probably won’t get much done this weekend but hopefully a little.

 

[DOBSONFLY]

Top notch Bagger, this is absolutely superb. =D>

 

[Lowe 2070 CC]

I love the block of starboard on the console top. It really is the little things that make a build. Great job.

 

[Badbagger]

Thanks very much for the compliments, I started out with a vision for this build and I'm happy to say that "I'm pretty happy with the end result". Well got to work early this morning and then called the marina about 11. They are tied up in the morning so getting it there today wasn't a MUST. Took the time to finish up a few more things and got it done and done right. Tomorrow around 1 after filling the tank up with non-ethanol, I"m on my way. I spent all day working and just finished up. Still several things to tweak and my console door to install when I get her back as well as figuring out just where I want my Garmin position. With two GPS units and one with the autoroute feature, I'm good to go lol and for the wife's safety if something happens to me, the Garmin Autoroute will be really easy for her to navigate with to get us back safely. What a project it's been and looking for the next one by summers end :LOL2:

I'm beat so I'll let the pictures do the talking :mrgreen:

 

[bigwave]

Absoulutly Killer. :mrgreen:

 

[smackdaddy53]

Mine will never be that clean but it will be functional. I love it bro! Your snook gave me an idea to make a stencil of a redfish for the boat.

 

[Badbagger]

Thanks much! 2 am and about time to get to heading out the door. I still feel sore from climbing up and under everything in the console. Just as I was finishing up yesterday the wife came in from running errands. She looked at me and asked "about done"? To which I replied, "sure am and I just found another boat to work on". The look on her face was truly a Kodak moment... =D>

 

[Pweisbrod]

LOL. I usually tell my wife "sorry I'm late! I found a great deal on another shotgun..." Haha

 

[bigwave]

What kind of boat did you find?

 

[Badbagger]

Lol, I didn't. I was messing with her.

 

[Lowe 2070 CC]

I feel so inadequate now! I run a 7" DI unit with GPS and a 5" 2D only unit with a map card and GPS. They look so small compared to your setup. I guess size kinda matters!

On a lighter note, looking at your console mounted compass, my wife questioned the purchase of a pretty pricey compass I have on my console. She couldn't grasp why someone with two GPS units and a GPS phone would ever need a compass. So I unhooked the power and asked her which way was home. Having grown up orienteering, and working with map and compass, I'm amazed at the kids graduating college these days that can't use either of them.