What did you do to your boat today

69fastback

I've had a couple of old automotive amplifiers powering the speakers in my boat, and they were finally starting to have issues. I know several of the guys at Kicker, and they hooked me up with 2200 watts RMS of greatness. I got them both hooked up, and the difference is dramatic. These things are clean and loud, and the adjustability on them is awesome. I still have some wiring clean up to do, but they make a lot of noise. 

randy56

I'm IN, The river finial y when't down, First nite on boat July 1st.

trip_n

@randy56.........great pic
reminds me of charley browns pig-pen
glad your boat n

DazeOff

Installed snaps on new windshield connector and side curtains. Thx TJ @boattech01

J3ff

In preparation for the trip on the boat, replaced the bathroom faucet/shower with this one (got it on amazon warehouse for 40 bucks!): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JLCV3X6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Works pretty nicely!!

Handymans342

Nice

zaverin1

Replaced bilge blower and most of my skin on the arm lol

boattech01

Thank you Dazeoff !!!

BellevilleMXZ

DazeOff said:

Installed snaps on new windshield connector and side curtains. Thx TJ @boattech01

TJ is the man! Loving our all new canvas from him for the second year!

trip_n

i got to pay my man.....dan...!
to install shift cable kit(bellows leaking) & a new bilge pump..(stopped working)
didn't go out because of weather a few days..getting ready to go home..lucky i checked the bilge and lucky my neighbor had a shop vac...it holds a lot of water 
good news were ready for the weekend

boattech01

thanks bellevillemxz boat looks great. Tj

mskpharmd

Ok, so thanks to the beautiful work of diggin, here's what I did to my baby today, before and after pictures. 30 minutes and one cold corona...no comparison!!! Thanks brother worth every penny! Looks like they belong on the boat...quality workmanship...

J3ff

Brought out a blender and had a party! 'Merica! 

Cableguy Greg

@J3ff , looks like a great time.

Cableguy Greg

I removed my windshield screw cover vinyl, pulled out the screws and rebedded them with 3M4000 caulk. I then installed my new screw cover vinyl and made sure to leave it long so it hopefully won't shrink too much. I also painted my wiper arm flat black since the paint had worn away. I would have rather been rafted up in a group.

Handymans342

Cableguy Greg said:

I removed my windshield screw cover vinyl, pulled out the screws and rebedded them with 3M4000 caulk. I then installed my new screw cover vinyl and made sure to leave it long so it hopefully won't shrink too much. I also painted my wiper arm flat black since the paint had worn away. I would have rather been rafted up in a group.

Did you find any open screw holes?

Cableguy Greg

Handymans342 said:

Cableguy Greg said:

I removed my windshield screw cover vinyl, pulled out the screws and rebedded them with 3M4000 caulk. I then installed my new screw cover vinyl and made sure to leave it long so it hopefully won't shrink too much. I also painted my wiper arm flat black since the paint had worn away. I would have rather been rafted up in a group.

Did you find any open screw holes?

No open holes. I did have 2 that didn't have any caulk in them.

JoeStang

Heading to mine today to start the vhf install. Really not loving drilling holes in the boat, but it's worth it i guess. Put in Bay this weekend!!!

zaverin1

Completed my pioneer sound system finally 
had to run power cables for my amp and Headunit since original wiring didn't account for amp or high power audio.
not to bad but took some time
ended up with 4 6.5 pioneers two in cabin and 2 8inch next to the 6.5 on main deck. Running with pioneer 600watt amp and headunit.
sounds amazing finally lol

zaverin1

I dont need a sub but who knows maybe next year 

J3ff

took it to the southernmost point of cape cod and boated in the atlantic ocean  

zaverin1

Sweet

Black_Diamond

Finally got my VV Mobile in and working! 

zaverin1

zaverin1

Thanks 

J3ff

sweet upgrade!

zaverin1

Next project is power converter
dc to ac
have it just need to find place and time to install 
once again underwater diablo lights rock

Stodge

Next week I'm replacing the Lowrance HDS5 with a Garmin 721.  The HDS5 has started acting up (shutting itself off) and we have a big trip coming up in less that a month.  So time to get the navigation fixed.  Photos will follow.

Willhound

I think you'll like the Garmin @Stodge. Been a fan of Garmin products for years and had a 421 in my old boat for 5 years. A nice feature with Garmin is that if you get the Bluechart Vision chip it will enable an "Auto-Guidance" feature that will automatically chart a route with parameters you select, like minimum depth, minimum distance to land mass etc. Are you getting a deal on a 721? Because I think it's already been discontinued for the 722. That being said, the 721 is awesome and there should be good pricing on whatever models are still out there. 

Stodge

@Willhound I prefer Garmin too.  Had a 4208 on my FV280.  The 342 had the HDS5 with sonar so I was not in a hurry to replace it even though I didn't care for it.  I have other Garmin devices so now they can all share.

I found the 721 on The GPS Store for $599 shipped.  They bundled in the Bluecharts G2 (not vision) for that price.  I "think" the only difference between the 721 and the 741 is that the 721 came without charts.