Ever have a job that should take 60-120 minutes and takes all day and then some?
Decided to replace all six original square seaworthy speakers in the boat. Main cabin needs top shelf of teak cabinets below the speaker removed to be able to fit new speakers in. Roughly 16 screws per cabinet to remove. Of course all screws are not the same size so extreme care needed to avoid putting a long screw in the wrong hole when re-assembling.
We bought two higher powered 6.5" pairs with 3.06" depth, and one shallow 2.6" depth pair of 6.5" speakers with slightly less power handling just in case of fitment issues. Local store offers no questions asked return policy or trade. Unfortunately during dry fitting I learn I need to swap one high powered set for another shallow depth set as each cabin has one cavity out of two that can't accept the deeper speaker, and they should be paired left/right at the same rating.
First night, four hours, three out of six speakers dry fitted for space, only one mounted.
Day two, four hours. The high power speakers easily fit in the cockpit, BUT...discover prior owner/manufacturer drilled 5.4" hole where the rest in the cabin were 5". Each speaker in the cockpit only able to be mounted with 3 of 4 screws because no glass behind one spot due to the larger mounting holes for the magnet.. Will eventually have to fabricate a back plate, epoxy it in, and re-attach at a later date. Four of six speakers in now, but one set has to go back to exchange for the slimmer depth model. None of the previous screw holes were common from the seaworthy to the new speakers.
Tools away, things cleaned up, eight hours personal labour later, and still two speakers to mount once I get back to the shop to swap for the shallow depth models. Nothing is ever a fast and simple job on a boat. On the plus side, no teak scratched, no parts missing, nothing broken. Also, sound has been improved substantially. Was it worth the effort, ask me at the end of the summer.
Decided to replace all six original square seaworthy speakers in the boat. Main cabin needs top shelf of teak cabinets below the speaker removed to be able to fit new speakers in. Roughly 16 screws per cabinet to remove. Of course all screws are not the same size so extreme care needed to avoid putting a long screw in the wrong hole when re-assembling.
We bought two higher powered 6.5" pairs with 3.06" depth, and one shallow 2.6" depth pair of 6.5" speakers with slightly less power handling just in case of fitment issues. Local store offers no questions asked return policy or trade. Unfortunately during dry fitting I learn I need to swap one high powered set for another shallow depth set as each cabin has one cavity out of two that can't accept the deeper speaker, and they should be paired left/right at the same rating.
First night, four hours, three out of six speakers dry fitted for space, only one mounted.
Day two, four hours. The high power speakers easily fit in the cockpit, BUT...discover prior owner/manufacturer drilled 5.4" hole where the rest in the cabin were 5". Each speaker in the cockpit only able to be mounted with 3 of 4 screws because no glass behind one spot due to the larger mounting holes for the magnet.. Will eventually have to fabricate a back plate, epoxy it in, and re-attach at a later date. Four of six speakers in now, but one set has to go back to exchange for the slimmer depth model. None of the previous screw holes were common from the seaworthy to the new speakers.
Tools away, things cleaned up, eight hours personal labour later, and still two speakers to mount once I get back to the shop to swap for the shallow depth models. Nothing is ever a fast and simple job on a boat. On the plus side, no teak scratched, no parts missing, nothing broken. Also, sound has been improved substantially. Was it worth the effort, ask me at the end of the summer.
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