Miss Delmarva

[gran398]

Nando, thanks!
 
Like your layout

It's a small box, but easy to access.  I've always liked reaching up for the VHF mike, just what I'm used to...and want to take advantage of having the box. Seems like a good spot for the stereo too. Plus charts, hats, sunscreen, phones, cams, keys, junk, etc.

Thinking it will pretty much serve as a glovebox. And for sure a "Beat" box

[seabob4]

Gotta agree with you there Scott...

[fitz73222]

Engine parts ordered.

Current plan is to Chem Dip and rebuild all six carburetors, replace oil tank o rings, complete water pump kits, thermostats, gearlube, and install shaft extension kits to make these 25" to accommodate the new transom height. Reset engines to proper mounting height. Fire them up and adjust mixture. Off to Bobs Monday the 4th, spend some time going over everything we can think of. Head back to my place on the east side, do some flats fishing Tuesday morning and get Scotty on his flight out of Daytona that evening.

[dburr]

Bob what do you think about a rheostat for the pannel back lighting especially the compass? With it mounted up high like that where it can be seen (perfect spot) would it be a good idea to make it dimable? Gotta watch out for night blindness and Scotty's glasses are gonna be smudged with chicken grease anyway....  

'Corse it may be a moot point if'n there's gonna be a disco ball hanging from the e beat box...

[Capt. Bob]

Bob what do you think about a rheostat for the pannel back lighting especially the compass? With it mounted up high like that where it can be seen (perfect spot) would it be a good idea to make it dimable? Gotta watch out for night blindness

I can't speak for the panel but the compass isn't blinding bright. If he chooses, it does come with red illumination as well as green and the green is dim. Lighting is LED rather than incandescent.
Of course my eyesight isn't the best, especially at night. The stern light was always my problem due to the fact Aqua liked placing it in the console. I ended up placing two on the stern gunnel to solve that.

[seabob4]

Dave,
I don't really thinks it's necessary, but it can be done.  I wire the compass and gauge back-lighting into the nav lgt circuit so they only come on when the nav lgts are on (Yamaha is famous for wiring their back-lighting to ignition.  Who the hell needs their gauge lights on during the day?   ).  I could install a dimmer in the positive leads of the backligting only so that voltage is reduced to the back-lighting but not the nav lgts...

[gran398]

Don't worry...my night trips will involve me and the babes. I will be in in middle, and station one on each side as lookouts. Captain's orders, strictly for safety.

[seabob4]

I'm not a fan of dimmers anyway, Scott...

[dburr]

Juz wonderin...

The ones that I have used would booger up after a fashion and needed regular use to keep the crud off the pot.. Not sure if there have been improvements in the last 20 years..

[seabob4]

Juz wonderin...

The ones that I have used would booger up after a fashion and needed regular use to keep the crud off the pot.. Not sure if there have been improvements in the last 20 years..

As Scott would say Dave...exacardly...

Buuutttt, Blue Seas now has a contura rocker that works as a dimmer with their "Deck Hand" dimmer module.  Check out page 109 in this PDF... http://bluesea.com/files/resources/cata ... s_2011.pdf

[fitz73222]

I installed a new Ritchie F-82 compass in the 22-2 with a very subtle green light that does produce any glare at night. Just an FYI, I'll show it to Scott when he is here.

[Blue Agave]

I installed a new Ritchie F-82 compass in the 22-2 with a very subtle green light that does produce any glare at night. Just an FYI, I'll show it to Scott when he is here.

I have the Ritchie F-82W on Old Blue and the green light is very subtle, no glare. I'm very happy with the compass.

[seabob4]

Love Ritchie Compasses!!!  But then, I like compasses period.  Chittiest, nastiest day, raining like hell, visibility almost 0, hold one in your hand, you know which way you're going.  Hold a GPS/Chartplotter in your hand with no power, you have a paper weight...

[GoneFission]

Love Ritchie Compasses!!!  But then, I like compasses period.  Chittiest, nastiest day, raining like hell, visibility almost 0, hold one in your hand, you know which way you're going.  Hold a GPS/Chartplotter in your hand with no power, you have a paper weight...

All my boats have a compass at each helm station.  What you said - when everything else goes wrong, Earth's magnetic pole remains...

[seabob4]

BTW Scotty, I know you have the transom boxes, most likely one of them being plumbed for a livewell.  You also have a livewell in the leaning post, correct?  So my thoughts are to have 2 pickups, with the 800 GPH Rule Tournaments I have mounted atop the shut-off valves (yes, well put elbows on the pickups to orient them horizontally), both pumps are dual port, so we can feed the washdown pump from one of the Rules.  Shur-Flo or Jabsco for the washdown pump.

Groco or Conbraco bronze high speed pickups, same makes (or Apollo) for the shut-off valves...