these are not environment pictures, & I am still slacking on redoing the paint job so please excuse the practice camo in these pictures, but i finally made time to snap some shots of the finished mods, minus final paint scheme of course:
& my homemade switch panel. electric choke/start on the key, kill switch lanyard for safety, top switch is for the nav & anchor lights, flipped up (or back from the driver's perspective) is the anchor light by itself, the middle is off for both the nav & anchor lights, & down is nav & anchor lights both on. the bottom switch is to turn on the 1200gph bilge pump
in the above picture, you can see that i sealed up the seam between the floor & the sides of the hull to keep trash from being trapped in that tiny crack. i then drilled 2 drain holes just in front of the rear bench. they're right over top of the outer 2 channels in the hull so if trash goes in the holes it can flow to the back to be cleaned out. they're also just smaller than a 12ga shotgun shell :wink:
i reinforced the rear corner gussets with some 1/8" aluminum plate which was hammered to fit the not so flat surface, then 5200'd & pop rivet'd in place. the cleats are through bolted with stainless hardware, including large washers & nyloc nuts on the bottom. you can also see my bilge exit hiding on the side of the hull in that ugly camo paint job lol:
here's the battery hatch open & closed, notice the 12v outlets on that battery box top (1 on each side), comes in handy for sure. i can charge my phone, my q-beam, or hook up an inverter to run anything from a fan to a shop light or power tools, etc...:
here's the gun box open & closed:
& the front storage hatch open/closed:
soon to be camo'd motor:
this angle shows the foot step I added to the front, it's great for tossing the castnet and walking off the bow to the dock or shore, but it also hides the wires & provides a mounting surface for my nav light. it's not the most beautiful design since i cut it short on the width for an easy install, but hey it works great!
here's a few of everything covered up for storage while not in use:
& what's under the cover for support to keep the trash & water out:
Aside from paint, I still want to tidy up the area behind the rear bench. I have 1 sheet of diamond plate and about 1/2 a stick of angle leftover that I wanna use to make a rear deck. I also have 2 more flush mount rod holders to install in the back of the boat somewhere, either in the bench or in the yet-to-be-built rear deck. The only other thing I definitely know I'm doing is to build up a tiller handle extension from a piece of rubber hose, stainless hose clamps, & PVC. I like to be able to drive standing or seated
& my homemade switch panel. electric choke/start on the key, kill switch lanyard for safety, top switch is for the nav & anchor lights, flipped up (or back from the driver's perspective) is the anchor light by itself, the middle is off for both the nav & anchor lights, & down is nav & anchor lights both on. the bottom switch is to turn on the 1200gph bilge pump
in the above picture, you can see that i sealed up the seam between the floor & the sides of the hull to keep trash from being trapped in that tiny crack. i then drilled 2 drain holes just in front of the rear bench. they're right over top of the outer 2 channels in the hull so if trash goes in the holes it can flow to the back to be cleaned out. they're also just smaller than a 12ga shotgun shell :wink:
i reinforced the rear corner gussets with some 1/8" aluminum plate which was hammered to fit the not so flat surface, then 5200'd & pop rivet'd in place. the cleats are through bolted with stainless hardware, including large washers & nyloc nuts on the bottom. you can also see my bilge exit hiding on the side of the hull in that ugly camo paint job lol:
here's the battery hatch open & closed, notice the 12v outlets on that battery box top (1 on each side), comes in handy for sure. i can charge my phone, my q-beam, or hook up an inverter to run anything from a fan to a shop light or power tools, etc...:
here's the gun box open & closed:
& the front storage hatch open/closed:
soon to be camo'd motor:
this angle shows the foot step I added to the front, it's great for tossing the castnet and walking off the bow to the dock or shore, but it also hides the wires & provides a mounting surface for my nav light. it's not the most beautiful design since i cut it short on the width for an easy install, but hey it works great!
here's a few of everything covered up for storage while not in use:
& what's under the cover for support to keep the trash & water out:
Aside from paint, I still want to tidy up the area behind the rear bench. I have 1 sheet of diamond plate and about 1/2 a stick of angle leftover that I wanna use to make a rear deck. I also have 2 more flush mount rod holders to install in the back of the boat somewhere, either in the bench or in the yet-to-be-built rear deck. The only other thing I definitely know I'm doing is to build up a tiller handle extension from a piece of rubber hose, stainless hose clamps, & PVC. I like to be able to drive standing or seated
