One of the members of the Yahoo group came up this idea for extra storage. I modified his idea and built this storage cabinet. This uses what is essentially unused space and provides a good deal of extra storage.
Any extra storage on a boat is always a plus. The angles were pretty fun to match. The louvered doors were available online. The lower shelf is also very useful and is easily removed to access the anchor locker
We replaced our kitchen sink and faucet. I decided to replace the short galley faucet with the long gooseneck. It sure makes it a lot easier to wash dishes.
I found NMEA 2000 cables that connect directly to the twin Yamaha's. They send information from the outboard's computers to the NMEA 2000 network and allow me to use our Garmin 5212 to view fuel flow, alternator output, water temp, speed, hours, rpm etc.
Bought a king size 8" memory foam mattress and used the existing v-berth cushion to layout a pattern to cut the foam. Used a cheap electric knife to actually cut the foam. Apparently I should have bought a less "cheap" knife as I burned out the plastic gears. Sailrite sells all you need to do a much more efficient job, all it takes is money.
This should be a whole lot more comfortable than the existing cushions.
Got sick of not knowing how full our fresh water and black water tanks were, so I installed the Sensa Tank II level sensors and display. The black water tank was pretty easy to mount the sensors on. The fresh was a bit more of a challenge. Reaching down through the access hatch and attaching the sensors would be easier with longer, skinnier arms. Sure is nice to be able to check the levels, so you don't get a rude surprise.
Bought a hotel style safe at Harbor Freight and mounted it above the hanging locker. Great for stashing wallet, boat registration, SD cards for the chartplotters.
The previous owner had painted the Armstrong brackets with Copper based bottom paint. Unfortunately this can cause major corrosion and had started some serious pitting. I stripped the brackets to bare metal, sprayed with zinc chromate and then primer and topped off with white enamel.
We will see how it holds up.
I did some tailoring of our 2 shower surrounds to make our privacy surround more aesthetically pleasing and functional. I was quoted over $2000 for someone to make a surround for us. I made ours for under $300. Leaves me money for other boat projects 😁
I did some tailoring of our 2 shower surrounds to make our privacy surround more aesthetically pleasing and functional. I was quoted over $2000 for someone to make a surround for us. I made ours for under $300. Leaves me money for other boat projects 😁
