What have you done for your boat lately?

[ffb]

Next project. Relocating battery to the center console on the Whaler. The factory location in the 80s was in the stern on the deck and I want to free up some space and get the wires off the deck. Decided to go nuts and am redoing all the accessory wiring from scratch. It's a pretty basic setup and I made myself a wiring diagram of my plan. The accessory switch doesn't go to anything anymore so I might change that to be the manual bilge pump switch. Have already ripped out about half of the wiring so far. Hoping my finished wiring job will be photo worthy, my goal is to keep it simple and clean for easy troubleshooting later if ever needed.

 

[rotato]

Sweet Jon!

 

[Bambooflyguy]

I gave my pram a rest….fishing in the pontoon boat now.

 

[Wadin' Boot]

What have I done for my boat lately? Grossly overestimated how long of a net I should make.

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For reference, I’m 6’7”.

Somewhat finished the net, but the hoop is a bit willowy. Might need to wrap it with fiberglass or make a new one with more ash and less cedar.

Now to string the net on it and test it to see what length is best.

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Jake that net is the Tenkara antidote.

 

[SurfnSully]

I hit a nice boulder on the Bitterroot a couple of weeks ago

 

[SurfnSully]

I hit a nice boulder on the Bitterroot a couple of weeks ago

Fear No Rock!!!! They fear me!

 

[Irish11]

Took it out on the water. Umtanum to Big Pines on the Yakima. Caught nothing, but had a great time floating at least. Now I just need to learn how to actually fish well, haha.

 

[PhilR]

Took it out on the water. Umtanum to Big Pines on the Yakima. Caught nothing, but had a great time floating at least. Now I just need to learn how to actually fish well, haha.

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I was about to say that I took it fishing too.

 

[Rob Allen]

Bought a trailer and Used it..

 

[ffb]

Finished up the behind the console wiring and battery relocation. Not perfect but everything is at least tucked away. Gonna be sore for a couple days .

 

[SurfnFish]

scrub the hull
fresh marine paint over the apex of the cat hulls (previously epoxied apex of V's with 12 oz landing/skid strips)
tighten all nut and bolts on trailer
new galvanized hubs w/ bearings supposed to arrive tomorrow for installation
waiting for arrival of a 2024 Tohatsu 9.9 w/electric start and power tilt ...had a 20 hp version on the Sportcat coastside, cruised in upper 20's...fishing 10 mph lakes these days, so breaking the speed limit now likely upper teens.

 

[copperJon]

Sold the old, bought a new one. Paying someone else to do all the things, else it would take me 5 years to complete a chartplotter install with the help of a 3 year old.

 

[Evan B]

Honestly a lot. But most notably

 

[Evan B]

Next project. Relocating battery to the center console on the Whaler. The factory location in the 80s was in the stern on the deck and I want to free up some space and get the wires off the deck. Decided to go nuts and am redoing all the accessory wiring from scratch. It's a pretty basic setup and I made myself a wiring diagram of my plan. The accessory switch doesn't go to anything anymore so I might change that to be the manual bilge pump switch. Have already ripped out about half of the wiring so far. Hoping my finished wiring job will be photo worthy, my goal is to keep it simple and clean for easy troubleshooting later if ever needed.

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I really need to update the fuse block in my bigger boat. What I have is functional, but it's 30yrs old and I have a replacement I keep not installing. Honestly should probably just spend next fall/winter redoing the entirety of the electrical system. Super fun times as I'm sure you're learning

 

[ffb]

I really need to update the fuse block in my bigger boat. What I have is functional, but it's 30yrs old and I have a replacement I keep not installing. Honestly should probably just spend next fall/winter redoing the entirety of the electrical system. Super fun times as I'm sure you're learning

Yep, it's not difficult just tedious. I've also fallen down the rabbit hole of "while I have this taken apart I should do this" which has left me with half the boat taken apart at the moment. I've at least reached the no new projects point where I am now starting to put things back together.

 

[Evan B]

Yep, it's not difficult just tedious. I've also fallen down the rabbit hole of "while I have this taken apart I should do this" which has left me with half the boat taken apart at the moment. I've at least reached the no new projects point where I am now starting to put things back together.

Yeah, my smaller boat I literally stripped to bare metal and rebuilt everything in it from wiring to flooring to all decks/platforms over this last winter. My bigger boat I've had for going on its 3rd season now, and it's been more little bits at a time. I've made several small improvements to it recently, but am saving the big necessary ones for this next winter I think. It'll still fish great this year and will see the tuna grounds multiple times.

 

[NRC]

I finally launched my drift boat for the first time a couple weeks ago after buying it off a friend of a friend more than a year ago. @ThatGuyRyRy joined and gave great pointers and moral support as I backed down my first ever boat launch, which went better than I thought it would. And we caught a good batch of stockers for crab bait.

Now I need to get my deep cycle battery charged up, attach my transducer to my trolling motor, and get back out there with some propulsion and sonar capability - we just rowed around last time. Getting anything done takes forever with two kids under two at home, but it feels really good to have gotten the boat out.