SeaBob Marine

[seabob4]

1.
I know it's been awhile on Jose Gaspar's 250 CCP, as I've been a bit busy with "other" things, but what I wanted to get done today was what I call the "electrical framework"...



For comparison, what it looked like...



It sets up my routing paths, gives me an idea how add-ins are going to be routed and terminated, and helps me locate additional components such that they are relatively easy for me to install, give relatively easy access to the owner, and provide relative ease of trouble shooting down the road when chit craps out.

The 250 CCP is a BIG console...with very little working room inside.  

This pic was taken laying flat on my back on the cockpit sole.  All the work is either done on my back or on my side.  Not fun..


2.
Switch Panel Rebuild for another client.
1:50 ago, went out to play.  Done now, easy panel as there are no indicator lights, simple Carling (Blue Seas) toggles and breakers.  Here's the finished product...



I've learned a bit since doing panels.  Those 2 little pigtails you see off the gray wire (nav lgts)?  Makes tying in the compass and gauge backlighting a piece of cake when the panel get integrated into the boat's harness.  Beats messing around tying directly onto the back side of the switch...


3.
Here's how I did the Pathfinder with the HDS-7 Gen 2 touchscreen...



What I like about the Gen 2 units is that structure scan is built into the head unit.  Earlier models, the SS was in a separate unit, almost like a GSD 22 sounder module for a Garmin.


4
The 33 Palmetto showed this afternoon, she's getting new electronics.  No re-wire, going to add Chris's UW lights and spreaders, but other than that, out with the old...



In with the new...



Basically 2 Raymarine 8" touchscreens, VHF, Fushion Head unit, 48" Open array radar.  Bill from BOE?  Just a hair over $11K...

Yes, that stuff is under lock and key, although we really don't have to worry about that.  It's just that when one has $11K worth of marine electronics sitting around, well, one should probably take precautions...

Decided to play with the Palmetto this aft, as the owner DOES already have a buyer for the old stuff.  All gone now...



Sitting happily on the bench...



She's a sweet looking boat, twin Zuke 250s, hell of a Carolina flare in her bow...



Going to pick up a piece of 1/2" starboard and make a panel for the electronics flat, then it's off to the races...



This aft I wanted to get the open array radar installed, not an easy task, especially considering one has basically $6K worth of electronics in the palm of one's hands, in not so secure positions...and it's raining!  But I'm happy...



The pedestal weighs about 75 lbs....not fun when getting that beetch up there!!

[seabob4]

Rewire.
We were talking a bit about the Glacier Bay the other night.  Quite the mess, this one...





This is going to be a total re-wire, so that makes things A LOT easier...pretty much whatever is not related to the motors gets yanked out, even if I have to cut a bunch of wires to do it.  It's all gonna be new anyway, so I don't really care if I cut a positive lead, wondering, "Gee, I wonder what that went to?".  I make her a whole new harness, so I KNOW what powers what.  She's getting new gauges (twin Yams, all the round gauges are un-readable, the old Yam gauge lens issue), so all the engine harnessing will be disconnected and pulled away from that area, that will free up things greatly.  All new electronics as well, so ducers are coming out, NMEA cables, all that chit.
This one's gonna be a treat...  

[Coverhill]

Seabob,

Just finished looking at the photos of your rigging ---- VERY IMPRESSIVE

A wonderful example of someone who takes pride in their work, e.g. "a craftsman"

Show us more pictures from time to time please.

Coverhill
North Palm Beach, FL

[Circle Hooked]

CB,
Bob saw this thread and asked me to thank you for him, so thank you, he appreciates it

[Aswaff400]

Well, Aaron, she's basically ready to go home...

Edit by Admin: Before



After: You now have an OMC trim gauge, where up is up, down is down...



All the gauge lights work off the nav lgt switch.

Drop down the door, and there is your batt switch and main breaker...



And you actually have some uncluttered storage space, you can access your fuses, and you can change your batts without tearing up a bunch of chit!







What I couldn't do was tie in the newer harness to the old engine plug to get the key to shut the motor down.  If your newer harness was intact, I could probably do it.  But the way the newer harness was spiced into?  Give me another couple hundred and I'll figure it out!

Give me a buzz on my cel when you want to come get her...

[gran398]

Bob's work... none finer.

The more I look at Miss D's rigging/wiring/lighting/electronics...the more I appreciate.

[Capt. Bob]

CB,
Bob saw this thread and asked me to thank you for him, so thank you, he appreciates it

My pleasure Scott.

[seabob4]

1995 Wellcraft Scarab 302 Sport for a re-wire...



No, she's not an Aquasport, but she was built right across the alley from the Explorers, Ospreys, DCs, the 175s, 200s, the whole 90s AS gang.  For those who have 90s vintage Ospreys, you can see some similarities...





My home away from home for too many years!!


We built hundreds of 302s back then, even a few for the Sarasota Police department rigged with twin 7.4 I/Os.  She is/was a beautiful boat, the entry was sheer poetry...


Just a couple more pics...







Pete, Marc, Bryan, that e-box look familiar?  She even has the same fishbox lid...

Twin 250 OX66 Yamahas, 62 MPH on the GPS.  Sweet old girl in excellent condition!  She'll be fun!!

Thought I'd spend a little more time as to how I go about a re-wire.  The Scarab is a familiar boat (although it's been about 13 years since I last seen one at the factory), so I have a bit of knowledge as to how she was built, where things were run, where to look for what I want to find.

Started by removing the helm switch panel, freeing up the main accessory harness, or as some call it, the "hull" harness...



This left me with basically accessory wiring and engine harnessing inside the console.  I knew the wiring ran up the starboard side, either under the gunnel through a rigging tube, or...



...inside the rod pocket, basically laying on the built up area atop the starboard chine.  Once the rod pocket was removed, it also gave me access to the rigging tube running to the console wire pass through...



So know that I have it pretty easy to rig...or de-rig, in this case, I'm going to pull everything out of the console and start over.  I'm thinking of mounting a piece of starboard inside the console to starboard to mount the DSM 300 and the Clarion Amp, we'll see.

The helm switch panel is now just a piece of metal, all new switches and breakers...


Believe I'm going to re-paint and use different labels.  No, I AM going to use different labels!  The PO replaced the original plastic panels with aluminum, so the labeling was what he thought looked good...10 years ago!  Not any more...

Hope to really get into her tomorrow, maybe even mess with tearing apart the back end...

[seabob4]

Now we have a console that is begging for new stuff...





All the harnessing I pulled out, waiting patiently in the aft quarters...





More to come, as I try to get the stern/bilge area cleaned out...

Damn, boats get dirty with age...


Now, she looks like this...



Time to start doing the "little" things...

Time to start bringing in the speaker wiring...(8) coax's and (2) subs. As well as all the cockpit lighting and compartment lighting. The lighting will just have the hot and ground to the console (actually already there)...the key will be where I feed it from. LED cockpit lighting all around, plus compartment lights all over the place! That's the "fun" part, running all that wire. The owner wondered why I had him order 200' of blue 16GA! The 200' of red? Almost gone. The 300' of yellow for grounds? Down to about 100', and that will go in a hurry...

[seabob4]

Doing alright so far...

[love2fish]

what are you doing to that? Is that the "after" looks super clean! Nice work as always Bob!

[seabob4]

Chris, just thought I'd show some Aquasport work, in the proper forum...

[love2fish]

looks great!
better have sunglasses on in that boat- she's bright!

[seabob4]

I do Chris...'cept when I really need to see something!

Fun part will be running 40' of nav light wiring to the bow because no one thought about how the wiring was going to get there...

Word of advice to all re-builders.  Please think things through as far as wiring and plumbing before you throw in a floor or a deck.  THINK THINGS THROUGH!!!

[love2fish]

whats the final plan with the boat, noticed there's no livewell or lean post... if they plan to get a tower or t-top, you could maybe hold off and put them on that.