Removed old depth transducer, installed new Garmin Intelliducer depth transducer, reinstalled hull ground plate and reinstalled fuel tank.
24-April-2016, Installed new TACO rubrail
We installed a TACO rigid vinyl rub rail kit my dad bought in 2010 before giving the boat to my brother and me.
Installation required drilling and counter-sinking a hole every 6 inches along the length of the rub rail and then using the included screws to attached it to the boat.
Each 30 foot length of rub rail is package in a 24″ square “pizza box” and the hardest part of the job is straightening out the tightly coiled rub rail. We had to use a heat gun a lot.
17-April-2016, Prepping for the new rubrail installation and installing the new masthead
On Saturday 16-April my brother removed all the old bolts that held the old rubrail in place and washed the area that was under the old rubrail. Simple Green, water and a soft scrub brush.
All clean under where the old rubrail was
On Sunday 17-April we filled in all the bolt holes with 3M 5200 and put a bead of the 5200 between the hull and deck joint all around the boat.
Old bolt holes all filled in
We also dry fit the new rub rail to see how it would look. It will look marvelous!
Dry fitting the new rubrail
Looking good
We also installed the new masthead with the new Garmin GWS wind system. The GWS includes wind direction, wind speed, outside temperature and barometric pressure. The new masthead also supports the VHF antenna, a AM/FM antenna, the Windex and anchor light.
Installing the new masthead
In addition to the GWS wind system, our Gamin N2K system also includes a GMI multi-function display, GPSMAP 421 chartplotter and we plan to add a Garmin Intelliducer for depth. We plan to flush mount the GMI and mount the chartplotter on a swing-arm. I had an aluminum swing-arm that came as an accessory with a small flat screen TV that fits the chartplotter perfectly. We mounted the swing arm as well.
Swing-arm for the chartplotter folds up out of the way when not in use.
3-April-2016, Dropping new cables in the mast and removing the rubrail
We found a rats nest of old cables in the mast that caused a problem in dropping the new cables. So, we opened up the holes at the bottom of the mast so we could pull out to old cables. I went up the mast again to drop the new cables.
Rats nest of old cables removed from the bottom of the mast
new cables dropped into the mast.
We also removed the rubrail in preparation for installing a new one. The rubrail looked to be original (49 years old) and was rotted in several areas. Pulling it off was not to hard.
Removing the old rubrail