That was good timing, the boat arrives home on a Friday afternoon and I had a few days without much booked, so I was able to spend quite a bit of time to go over the boat, plan out the electronics install and tackle a few minor adjustments to the setup of the boat.
I got the Yamaha Gauges moved, managed to get about 3/8" between the bezels, which looks a bit better.
As they were from the dealer.
After the modification
I installed the Garmin Chart Plotter and the Garmin Radio, I relocated the 12VDC socket and USB Charging Ports so I would have the Radio closer to me while driving, still need to finish the wiring.
Next I was determining if the boat will fit in my shop with the Radar mounted directly on the roof. (shop doors are 10' tall, 118" clearance)
Here is the Radar Dome just sitting on the roof of the boat, I have determined that it will fit if I lower the tow ball/hitch set to to about 17-18".
I've read that the Radar will work best if it's raised a bit from the roof and it also suggests that the GPS Puck shouldn't be in the same plane as the Radar, so I've investigated options to mount the Radar on a Seaview Mount and install a hinged plate or figure out some sort of removable base so I can still get into my shop for storage.
Seaview actually make a hinged base, but it's crazy money and I'm not 100% certain it would give me enough clearance when folded forward.
I will do some CAD (Cardboard Aided Design) to figure out whether it will work or not.
Here is the boat in the shop, it was a very tight fit, I had to tie the guide poles together to fit in as they were too wide at the top, I'll adjust them in about 3" each to gain about 6" which should be enough.
As I'm pretty new to backing up a trailer, it took me quite a lot of goes to get it in the door, I have been looking at getting an electric dolly to assist with getting it in and out of the workshop, there are cars parked in front of the other doors so it's a bit tight for a novice.
They range in price from about $200 on Amazon.ca to about $2,000 for the Canadian made PARKIT-360-5K, I'll probably pull the trigger on the Parkit-360.
Today I spent a bit of time adjusting the boat on the trailer, the bunks were not aligned with the trailer so I made the adjustments to get it sitting straight on the trailer, I'm not sure if it was the dealer that didn't get it straight or just how the trailer came, but I could see the boat was not sitting right when I got it home.
I figured when they loaded it after the water test it didn't land straight but after taking a few measurements I realized the bunks were not installed parallel to each other and the trailer.
When it started raining yesterday the water was accumulating in the front of the cabin on the Starboard side, it was still hooked up to the truck so I made the decision to move it to the shop, I took my time and used the method, "hand at the bottom of the steering wheel" to make it go where it wanted to, there was no pressure and nobody watching, (except my wife watching from the house) so I was able to take my time and use it as a learning experience.
I would love to know what the tongue weight is, it should be about 300 - 350lbs, and I don't have a scale that goes that high so I'll need to figure something out.
More to come soon.
David.