Thanks for sharing that! I just ordered a riptide terrova for my boat. Are you pretty happy with the support so far?
What have you done for your boat lately?
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Yep! I like how it can be folded down out of the way pretty quickly, and the rubber strap goes on and off easily too. So far so good!
I have the original quickfist in the back for the rod rear handle section and a mini up front.
Camo... so you can't see me from across the lake...
So...are you going to show us a picture or what?
After cleaning the boat floor I decided that the sheet metal screws holding the aluminum level floor to the runners needed to be replaced.
Some of the bottom shown screw weren't even holding the floor down to the runners. I wanted machine screws shown in the top of the photo which required tapping the holes in the aluminum floor and the aluminum runners. The below photo shows a tapped hole in a runner.
Rear deck back in place.
Center portion of level floor in place.
Front level floor.
Did not do it myself but finally got a bow mounted trolling motor installed on my Whaler. After much negotiating with my own brain, I decided to pay someone to do it. I really wanted to get the wiring done through the hull to the center console which can be a notorious PIA upgrade for a Whaler but the local dealer was able to do so. These motors really are a game changer for Puget Sound boat fly fishers. Also got an onboard battery charger installed as well.
SWEET!
Your going to love it!
RCF
Life of the Party
Well done! Looks great also...
Having it done correctly made a huge difference too.
Enjoy!
On the list of things to do for the whaler.... I'm curious how they ran the wiring, do they have channels to run it on the newer Montauks? I know on mine you'd have to dig through foam to get the the console. I'm either going to run lithium batteries in the anchor locker or put the plug in the side/front of the console
Mine had a wiring tube up to the front navigation lights which was the best case scenario. I was told that is not always the case depending on the model. When I was planning on doing it myself, I was going to do exactly what you are thinking. Lithium battery in fish or anchor locker but the fit would have been tight. If I could not make that work, I was going to put the batteries in the center console and run the wires along the rails and then into the console. Not ideal but would have worked.
If you have not chatted about this with the gent you bought your boat from, I would. I think he did a decent amount of research into options before he ended up buying his new boat.
Jeff Dodd
Steelhead
Looks great Kfish. Nice find.
That wheel would save me a lot of frustration! Can you post a link please?
Nearly finished the matching rod vault.
Respect. I have built many things with wood, and its clear I am in kindergarten and will likely stay there... Nice shop.
Thank you. Woodworking is woodworking, though, and I’d love to see what you’ve made.
I think it’s really just a matter of time invested and available tools. While built largely from scrap, there are close to 100 hours in that rod vault (if I had plans and hadn’t had to make almost every part myself, it’d have gone a lot faster). My steelheading and SRC chasing time took a major hit this winter.
I was lucky to grow up with a contractor father who built with his own hands (and my hands once I was old enough to swing a hammer) every house we lived in and all of our cabinets, etc. While other kids were playing LEGO, I built the butcher block for the kitchen island out of hardwood scraps he’d brought home.
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