OK with the history lesson out of the way, here are the plans for updates:
If you saw the other post, it will be obvious that patching the hole in the hull due to the flexing between the base of the in-floor livewell and the hull is priority # 1. I have not decided whether to do this repair myself as it seems like I should try a little less critical 'glassing project before trusting myself with the hull bottom.
Second on the list is to replace the old bilge pump & wiring with 2 new pumps. One is a Rule 750 with a built-in switch. This now resides as low & deep as I could get it and will serve to evacuate normal water from the bilge. The second pump is a Rule 1500 mounted next to a Sensa-switch electronic pump switch on a wedge shaped piece of pressure treated wood, raised up from the level of the small pump a good 3 inches. The PT has 3 coats of epoxy resin and is glued to the hull with an epoxy filler-type material I got from Fiberglass Services in Sarasota. I had to cut a new hole in the port side of the hullside to accommodate the larger pump's output hose. I have run new wires neatly to the dual battery setup, and to the new negative buss bar I installed near the batteries.
A bunch of pavers piled on my resin-coated wood block. You can also see the thru-hull for the old livewell pump. I may use this for a raw water washdown pump in the future. For now I plugged it with a 3/4" brass pipe plug just to be safe.
The new thru-hull for the 1500gph pump:
The boat already had a dual battery setup, but they were just laying under the starboard hatch next to the engine well. I added these hold-downs:
The new Perko battery switch reinstalled in the same place as the old one, after cleaning the battery cables & smearing everything with dialectric grease (of course nothing is tidied up in these pix don't worry I'll clean up the wiring). New fuel filter too:
Some other projects this week:
Install Garmin 498 GPS/Fishfinder and transducer. I scored this baby on Craigslist last week!
Add a Jensen CD player in a waterproof case, 2 speakers in the console sides and 2 removable enclosed speakers under the shelf in the console.
Install & wire up the second bilge pump
Mount pos & neg buss bars in the console up by the gauges
replace old itchy bare fiberglass antenna with a smooth glass new VHF antenna
add a 12v power receptacle (cig lighter)
I also ordered some "bling"; a couple of blue led coutesy lights and an Edson-style steering wheel with turning knob
http://www.innovativelight.com/4-led...6_11488_3.cfm#
http://www.discountmarinesupplies.co...NING_KNOB.html
That's it for now...will update as time allows.