Let the Sun Shine!!!

Finally, a day without rain!

Got off to a late start Sunday; had a wedding Sat which lasted 'till 1am. Anyway, I woke up late and my wife was waiting for her Mother's Day breakfast, made by yours truly. After that I started working on the boat. Patched all the holes I could find and now I only have the ones on the keel guard. That is gonna be a PITA because I'd really have to get in under the deck to fix it properly. I'm thinking of cutting access panels in the floor to get at the rivets so I could whack them or put some Gluvit on.

I tested out the navigation lights. Found out that the bow light socket was installed crooked. With the light in, it faces slightly left, or port. How drunk was the prev owner when he installed it? I don't know, but he must've had 4 Buds in him for sure. Anyway, I straightened that out.

I went to Boater's World and got a new fuel line, anchor light bulbs, and a motor cover. So now I'm good with the lights for nite time or foggy weather.

I tried out the trolling motor for the first time. I'm not sure how this is going to fit in or used on the boat. If the seat was on a raised deck I think it'd be OK, but the power line is too short. I'm thinking of moving the TM socket lower to the bulkhead closer to the floor where my seat is. Also threading the trunk line through the bulkhead somehow to make it easier to set the pedal straight without having it move. Also, I'm not sure if the TM and mount are matched since the motor doesn't seem to sit right when its raised and resting on the bow.

The bilge pump seems to work but is not wired to the console. The only switches that seem to do anything are the Master and the Nav Lights. The Bilge, Aerator, and Acc doesn't seem to do anything. I'm probably going to have to get a new aerator pump. I'm wondering if Boater's World would still have one left. I'd have to get the info off the one I've got and match it up. I'm not critical for this part.

I'm going to have to get to Harbor Freight to get a step drill bit. That'd be really handy for installing stuff in the control panels.