Here's my new panel, mounted in the fiberglass console on starboard side of 26D/S. Very simple and cheap with glass cartridge fuses, but laid out in a much safer and more organized way than it came from the factory. Let me take that back... the switch panels I chose are cheap... nothing else in your electrical project will be cheap if you use marine wire and waterproof heat-shirk terminals - which you most certainly should.
(also: I made a poor decision to use yellow as my 10ga hot supply wire when red wasn't available. I should've just waited till I could source 10ga red. It's not a problem for me - I know that a 10ga yellow wire on my boat is hot. But could be a problem if someone else works on my boat or I sell it at some point)
the black wire is actually an aux plug that runs all the way back up to the stereo which is above the galley:
The 3 white wires in first pic are for a light fixture directly above the panel and the 2 speakers that face the cockpit. everything else runs behind the settee:
And here's me trying to keep things organized on the back on the panel:
Hope that gives you some ideas
