Finally had a bit more time to work on rigging this weekend. Of course, although I did make some progress, it was not exactly the type of progress I was hoping to make.
By Friday I had collected a pile of goodies, including rigging and deck hardware. The plan was to cut the aft deck for a larger hatch as trying to rig through a 9" pie plate was BS. Of course I accidentally ordered the black one, instead of white. Well, at least I got the hole cut and had more room to work.
much better.
Then it was time to start setting up the helm. After I recut the steering wheel hole to allow for the hydraulic helm I realized I had a n issue.
The steering wheel was 24" on center from the throttle control. I could reach both at the same time, but, driving with this configuration as not going to be easy, or comfortable. Due to the number of holes fromt he OMC gauges there was not an easy way to bring the 2 together. Time to start cutting and glassing.
First I made a cut that would include any areas with gauge holes.
Then I filled it with divynicell and glassed over it. The interior surface is an oversized piece of flat stock that I bonded the core to before installing. This made things much easier than laying glass upside down in the console. The top surface is glassed in place with 2 layers of mat and 1 layer of biax.
I will probably just paint that surface of the console with a white spray can, as i plan to build a new console over the winter.
Now I am back to where I thought I was about 6 hours of work ago. Hopefully I can get tjings to run smoothly from here. If so I should get her in the water and still have some season left to use her.
sam