Looks so dang good!!! Very nice. I love the color.

LOL... Too funny Don... Been a crazy few months... trying to get back to some kind of normality .... and the camaraderie of the CSC family.... also ... Moose I think we need a fine Bourbon and a Cigar to celebrate your victory !!!!

Thanks guys! It has taken a long time for this thing to come together and it still has a way to go. Huge progress was made this weekend due to some extraordinary help from a lot of friends. They sweated their butts off this weekend and it wouldn't have happened without them: Dan, Ricky, Jess, Shaun, Mel, Melissa, Julie, and Scott.

Very nice Ken!! Looks like the beer budget took a big hit this weekend! :)

At 93 degrees the Gatorade consumption was off the hook. We actually finished up around 2 in the afternoon and ended up in the pool with multiple pitchers of Moose Margaritas for the wind down and a nice dinner.

How ants get it done.....

Too many cooks...... Prep Margaritas and prepare to abandon ship! This is not a drill.... well we were using a lot of drills. I was told the shade cast by the top need to be tested for functionality.

Well, at least one of our vessels made it to the water. Glad there were no water cops as I am sure Julie was BUI.

Super job - and great use of the pool as an incentive to the workers!

Started on the dash last night. Trying to get a little done every evening. Removing the pods and tilting the dash has greatly improved the controls layout as well as improving visibility across the entire dash. There is a savanna of room for everything.

Dang!!! That's a pretty steering wheel....even without the nut! :) Way, way too pretty for my clunker!

Finished the helm....

Incredible
 

Wow Ken! Very nice! Any side shots with the new windshield position?

This is the only one I took so far.

Great Modification
 

Great looking! All upside with the added space and better CG for comfort!

Looking really, really cool! Like it a lot. Wish it would fit through my garage! New sea wall curing now to complete the new ramp. 77' of deep water and 13' of ramp. Coming along nicely.

Michael.

Side Binacle installed this evening. For those who have dash mounts and want to convert, you don't need a new binacle, just the conversion kit that uses your existing module. Side mount to me is the only way to go.

ODYC
Off the dock yacht club?

Totally agree!

Mel-Freeman
 

Wait a minute Ken - did "our autopilot" approve that seat height? Forget Wood-Freeman - we got Ms. Mel. She has much better softwear "logic" and make's great sandwiches too!!!!

Got the tabs installed and finished the electronics. Full Garmin helm....

Mel has given 100% approval of her new battle and com station!

Decided I would get warmed up for a cooking performance at the next gathering by making her a blackened shrimp Carbonara.

YOU are da man!

Pretty work. Which tabs did you use and could post pic of install?

Don't have the actuators mounted yet but the tabs are 12x12 Bennett edge mounts with Bolt electric actuators running the Bennett auto trim pro controller and switch.

Thanks. I have same bracket on my 23 and have not yet purchased tabs. I have seen many different installs, and hoping to keep it simple. I will probably go with same.

Ken-Amazing food! Helm station looks excellent.

Dang Ken, that looks mighty tasty, however I see one minor issue that could be easily corrected. There are six spaces between the plated shrimp that would fit six more of those tasty looking shellfish or blackened scallops to kick it up a notch! (I'll admit it, I'm a pig!) :) I'm thinking Mel had no problems with that dinner!!

Classic prep work there.
Not the americanizzzed version.

Dash looks sweet!
Nice control placement.
Boca switches?

Thanks Sandy not too many people appreciate nor care about taking the time and effort to put together a classic pasta dish the way it is was intended to be until they taste it. I use to always serve it with the sunny side yolk on top but Mel prefers I toss it in the pasta prior to plating.

Yes, the switches are Bocatech in a custom panel put together by International Marine.

17 hours spent this weekend wiring and I'm probably close to half way. The auto pilot took a good half a day. It's the simple stuff that takes so long to get done if you do it it right. 7 straight hours behind the helm wiring in 90 degrees sucks!

As she sits I could fill her with gas and go for a ride but there is just too much left to do to be distracted by the want to get back on the water. It does however keep me motivated.

Looking through some old pics and found one showing how far forward the windshield was prior to the mod....

For comparison... Hope to get her out of the shed for more pics this weekend.

Man, she is looking good!

Trim tab install is complete but was challenging as the bracket needed to be notched to accommodate the travel requirements. I'm very pleased with the end result. Today it is back to wiring behind the helm as well as fishing wires thru the top for radar, lights and antennas. Ordered the Seablaze X stern lights last night and was able to reason with Mel on the color selection. Of course she wanted blue but after researching that green was a far better color for attracting fish she agreed green was a more practical selection for the cost.

The Tabs look great! Can't wait to hear what you think after you run with them.

Tom
Bennett Marine

That is an amazing looking boat!!!

Agreed. Her lines are so pleasing and Mel looks like she just
got a pony for Christmas.


So true on classic dishes.
We Americans seem incapable of naming anything,
or adhering to the classic prep.

Finished the wiring and all systems are a go Houston ..
Should be splashing testing it later this week!