Recent content by luckydude

I couldn't agree more (duh). Grady doesn't seem that interested in colder weather boats, sadly.

Nobody was up top today. That's for chasing tuna and I suspect my tired 62 year old ass will get up there before I say that is a younger person's job. Charlie Hicks did the fab and this is one of many that he has done. He has cad stuff. I pushed him on the windows (I wanted bigger), I and...

Well folks, just back from a day of fishing and I could not be happier with my new pilot house. The visibility was what I wanted and that is what I got. I pushed Charlie to give me the biggest windows possible and I am so glad I did. You feel like you have a 180 degree view. It's fantastic...

I googled for a while and I came up with nothing. Probably doing it wrong. What I'm looking for is a radio that records the last few minutes of audio. Why I want it is for when someone says some numbers, like a hot tuna bite, or a distress call. I want to be able to play back the numbers so...

Yes. Miguel said that the wiper motors are adjustable so I should be able to use the motors I have. Anyone know if that is true? But one way or another, there will be wipers. Ideally I'd find some where they have the magic that keeps the blade vertical and I can wipe the entire window, but if...

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A picture, more at http://mcvoy.com/lm/228-pilot/index.html The whole point was to get better visibility and, I think, mission accomplished.

Windows are in! Pics at the url below, including some that show that I should have left more space for screws for the windows behind the box, and how close the cable run came to making the window not fit. http://mcvoy.com/lm/228-pilot/index.html Still todo: clean up the wiring, outriggers...

Crate is in the boat.

Another vote for hardtop. I just sold mine to a buddy who had a bimini and he pointed out that he didn't trailer with the bimini on. So that meant every trip there was a half hour of putting it on at the harbor and another half hour of taking it off. He's not retired so that extra hour is a...

I liked the 2 boat pics as well. That's Peter's boat, one of the guys helping me. He has a 1999 228 and the hardtop went to him. Fit perfectly. It was interesting having the boats side by side. The hulls were identical and you really couldn't see much difference even though his was 21 years...

More pics here: http://mcvoy.com/lm/228-pilot/index.html We've been working on putting all the electronics back. Today we got the last thing (nav light) hooked up and Peter screwed the ethernet hub to the starboard in the back of the box, ditto the fusebox. I just got back from trying to...

Yeah, Charlie (the fabricator) wasn't sure about that when I asked for it but once he finished he told me "I should have done this on every pilot house I've built". It's a really simple design, 4 maybe 2 inch tall sections of pipe welded to the roof with some drain holes for water. Chair drops...

So the boat is back from Miguel's boat repair. I know you east coast people have cheap labor, it was $11K to get it *perfectly* color matched, epoxy paint not powder coat, that paint will out live me, Miguel also patched up the holes where the former hard top was attached and you can't tell he...

The crows nest is just a chair on top of the roof with some pins that hold it in.