Thanks for the wonderful compliments...
There have been no arrests made. We initially had the boat at a marina, but they raised the prices so much we decided to trailer it and keep it in a storage facility. I tried to do everything right security wise. The place was well lit, fenced in, electronically coded gates. I had a thick padlocked chain running through the tires. They cut the locks on a service gate then the chain and it was gone. After they stripped it and dumped it, they removed the front left tire I suppose to make it look like it was broken down. This apparently worked because when the trooper recovered it, a deptuty stopped by and said he had driven past it for two days! They even took the captains chair and one of the hand rails off the top of the cabin. The blessing was in that I was able to upgrade to all new electronics and power. As far as the interior goes, I made a frame for the bench seat which opens up from under the cusion for storage. the wood is all marine grade and the frame has countersunk fiberglass "feet" from which it is secured to the deck. This allows for water or liquid can easily flow through without ever touching wood. The extra space is great and is much easier access then the aft seats which I hated because they are hard to access and waste space. The exterior wood is stained Okoume marine plywood. The seats are custom made with sunbrella fabric. The seat behind the helm is actually a cooler that is secured by blocks inside the corner legs and can easily be lifted out. The cooler seat and the back rest are also custom with the same sunbrella fabric. I did all the trim work myself and used stainless hardware for everything. I used the outriggers to secure the bulkhead on the starboard side by using extra long screws to go through a fitted block and then the plywood. I used big washers to tighten the bolts down and it is perfectly hidden by the TV! The Cushions are all held in place by velcro I had sewn into the fabric. We sucked it up and are back in a marina. I guess we all know that feeling of Boat & Sea and there is nothing or no one that can break that spirit in us so we keep on keeping on!
They recovered it on the side of the road three days later comletely stripped down. I got it home and decided, What the heck?....so I did a little remodeling.....
