hydro steering - tilt/trim

No pics this week but we were able to hook up the majority of the electronics that were only dry fit earlier. We now have lights, gauges, trim tabs and working tilt and trim from the new controls and the hydro steering. We mounted the trim tabs and will bleed those lines out a little later. Fuel/water separator was mounted and we have throttle/gear cables in route for the next session. We are optimistically thinking that an initial test run is drawing very near.

Dry Fit

We decided to cut the holes and begin to dry fit the boat with the instruments, rod holders, cleats, chocks, downrigger mounts, etc. We also mounted the steering column and the gas fill cover. My buddy Ian suprised me with a offer to help and he painted the transom area and saved us a day.
Here is the instrument panel with the hour meters, tachs, fuel, fuse panel, trim controls, ignition switches, compass, GPS, and throttle.


IB223's work on the backend

anchor housing, chocks, and front cleat

rod holders

Back Wall and cuddy supports

I was able to get the back wall glassed in this past weekend. We cut our original single piece in two in order to get it in...b/c we had installed the gunnel supports/rod holders since we cut the piece...we cut out three hatch holes to match the one in the floor, so we have easy access to the transom, batteries and switches. We also added some supports to the cuddy, which I cab'd in. I also applied a generous coating of cab to the instrument panel and will be burning up some sanding disks to get that right. Here are the pics:
Back wall, cab'd in at the edges, bottom and top, then a piece of the tape glassed at the edges, top and bottom:

back wall at the connection to the sidewall:

new supports, need sanding: