Prior to launch projects

(Sunday 26-April-2015) Painted the transom with topside paint. The wooden battery box and its support base was rotted so we built a new one using composite decking lumber and installed it.

Old rotten battery box base


New battery box base made from composite decking lumber


New battery box and old battery box


New battery box installed

When the boat was hauled out last fall, one of the stanchions was bent somehow. I suspect the travel lift’s belt did it. I had it straightened at work and we re-installed it and the lifelines.


Bent stanchion


Stanchion straightened

Over the winter I bought an “hour run time meter” for the engine. I designed a cutout template to make it easier to install in the electrical panel. The template was laser cut from steel and I used it and a “rotozip” to make the cut in the electrical panel.


Installed engine run time meter and template.