Flats Boat Console
 

I know it's not a SeaCraft but everyone likes Boat Porn :)

I have been working on redoing the console/rewire of my 18' Flats Skiff. Here are some shots of the before - prep -finish of the console.

Before shots:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...consoletop.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...k/console2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...k/console4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...onsoledoor.jpg

Prep and paint

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...back/prep4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...back/prep2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ack/rewire.jpg

Finshed shots
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ewireafter.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...efrntafter.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...letopafter.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...estbdafter.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...eportafter.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...etopafter2.jpg

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capt_chuck,
ur console project looks good. i am at the same stage in my console project also. i am really intereted in the part on the floor that ur cables and everything are routed through. where did that come from??????

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your are officially

GRAND MASTER GUCCI !!!

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Capt. Chuck,

Looks great. I want to check it out when I get down there.

BA

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yep, give that boy the green tarp! :cool: As nice as that boat may look in photos, it rides even better.

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Looks great Capt Chuck, interested in doing the teak on the Seavette? :D :D :D
BTW I'm suppose to go get it next weekend! :cool:

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Capt- you the man with that Gucci wood all the time. Nice touch with the new wheel and rod holders as well. :cool:

strick

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Mini Me, Grand Gucci, BLING!!!
Truly up to your standards.
Nice job Chuck. :D
Ken

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Beautiful work there, Dr. Gucci! :D Now if Finster would stop "cuddling" in the cabin of his Seavette with the green Gucci tarp and that ratty old Sears catalog, maybe the tarp could be passed back to you. :D On second thought, maybe you don't want the tarp.

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Great look!
Is that a Schmitt wheel, and did it fit your steering shaft, or did you have to get an adapter fitting to fit a Teleflex mechanical system? If so, what and where, please.

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Yes, 13 1/2" Schmitt Wheel (manf.# 416-13-2-1-FGK ) It fit the standard tapered steering shaft.

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Chuck,

Nice work. Congratulations on the Two Boat Theory. I'll be interested to see which boat you use more over the next year.

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Chuck

Nice job! Did you paint it with Signature finish? Rich

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Yep :eek:

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Like I said, your too modest in your exploits :D

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Can anyone say Bling? Definately a Capt Chuck signature console.

What size engine is pushing this bad boy? how shallow can she go?

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115HP, About 8"-10" without a full tank and a fat girlfriend :o

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Nice work Chuck. How long did it take the EMT's to extract your azz from inside the console? :D :D

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115HP, About 8"-10" without a full tank and a fat girlfriend :o

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Boy I hope you mean the dog :D

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Chuck you need a push pole! Them boat's are made for pushin'!

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What are you trying to kill'em. :D

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Your right! I don't know what I was thinking.

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Well, as I recall you were stepping on your tongue on top of the platform "pushing" Ikan & Myself around that flat in the Marquesas! Oh Yeah, I forgot, it was one of those heavy hulls, a 16' Hells Bay bannana boat with 40HP :D

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May he was going up hill? Jeez Chuck, give the guy a break... After all he was pushing you around. :D

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I know Charles,I'm gettin old.I've got an older Shipoke hull now and it's really,really hard to push around.But since I almost killed someone comming back from the Marquesas in the Hells Bay(wind started honking out of the south right against a falling tide making the pass about 5 feet)I figured I'd better get alittle more boat under me.Anyway,poling is highly overated,just stake 'er out and wait on the passing shots!

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Shipoke... I have one, my son has one and a friend has one.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...length2003.jpg

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Year right Joey, I don't think I can even get up on that poling thang....
I'm Old, Fat and Surrenderd [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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I love my Shipoke! Best riding skiff I have ever owned,but a bear to pole.I bought it to tarpon fish,so I mostly stake out with it,or push her in 3 feet or so.It was owned by Cecil Keith who was one of the finest Islamorada guides there ever was,so I figure the boat has some serious karma.

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I'm with ya'Capt Chuck! But you should drag her down here so we can ride around and look good in her!

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Would that be with or without the fat girlfriend :D

See ya, Ken

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Ha Chuck

Looks really nice. If I had the Time I think I would like to do a little skinny water boat myself. But I just got enough time for one.

FellowShip

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