My New Boat Upgrades (so far)

[Stone]

Below is a before and after shot of the stern of my boat.

So far, I have:

1) Replaced the (falling apart) passenger seat with the "fishing" seat that is sitting at the stern in the first picture (cost: $60 for the mounting pedestal, but the seat alone is worth a couple hundred).
2) While I was installing the pedestal, one of the marina workers said he had a couple of seats for sale. They are the green and white seats in the second picture (cost: $50 for both, and seat covers were included. . . what a deal!).
3) I installed store-bought racks for 8 tanks that fold down when I don't need them (cost: $200 - ouch).

What you can't see:

1) New porcelain head with associated hoses, holding tank, and dedicated freshwater tank (cost $300 - ouch again, but this one was for the wife).
2) New fresh water pump and accumulator hooked into my existing 25 gallon water tank which supplies a rinse hose that coils into a flush mount holder in the transom (cost: $200 - ouch, but this one was for me, and it took some intestinal fortitude to cut a 6 inch hole in my boat!).
3) New teak steps on the transom and gunnels (cost: $60, but I'm a woodworker, so I had fun customizing the steps).

In the next post I'll have a picture of the dive platform halfway through the cleaning process.

 

[Stone]

In general, it's not a good idea to powerwash wood, but this dive platform was too far gone.

 

[MSilvia]

Nice work Stone... it looks great! When are you taking us all out?

 

[scubanole]

yeah, Stone when are you taking us diving I am at Mexico
Beach. It is not that far.

 

[Stone]

scubanole,

I just might make trip to the Mica someday (on a three day weekend). That would put me in your neck of the woods. Too bad I don't have a trailer; the fuel from Valparaiso to PC (and back) would probably run $300.

 

[Spectre]

The name is great! My friends cape house is named "Y Knot"...

 

[RRDAVE]

Hey, nice work stone! let me know if you want to split some gas money we're ready to go..... RR

 

[scubanole]

yeah stone I have have to gain some experience before I dive the Mica. That is one of the dives that I want to make either this summer or next summer. I really like the boat, I hope to get one in the next year or two.

 

[Stone]

Here's a final close-up picture that shows the tank racks and how they fold down (in this case, to accomodate the cooler), and a before and after pic of a teak step that I fabricated to replace the 18 year-old steps on the boat. At $10 a foot for 3/8" x 6" the old adage "Measure twice, cut once" really takes on meaning.

Edit: I screwed up - the picture is on the next post :blush:

 

[Stone]

Sorry!