Bought an O'day 22 - JUST POSTED PHOTOS - Any Must Haves? solar power - fishfinder - porta potty
Hello everyone! I am looking for comments, tips, or ideas on what to do to my 1977 O'day 22. If there are any must-haves you can think of, I'd like to hear about them too!
Some of the things I'm thinking of doing are:
- A 30 (60 or 80) watt solar panel and charging monitor.
- Replacing the interior lighting with some 3 ft led strip lighting.
- Possibly ditching my porta potty and installing a real toilet.
- Replace the manual sink pump with a powered pump. (JUST ORDERED IT)
- Solar vent(s).
- LOWRANCE MARK-5X PRO Fishfinder
- Bimini Cover - If you have one, please let me know where you bought it and what dimensions are needed for the O'day 22!
-Clear Entrance Hatch. Homemade Plexiglass?
My 22 already has 110VAC ship to shore power with battery charger, a bilge pump and a backup bilge pump, newly finished interior, vhf radio, car cd player with sirius satellite radio, 9.9 hp outboard, and it has been freshly painted on the inside and out (including new anti-fouling bottom kote). I just got the sales (main, genoa, and storm jib) out of the sail shop and they are ready to go! I was considering doing a single propane stove burner in the galley, but think I'll just use a portable coleman camping stove. I also just bought a 12vdc 11" lcd television for the cabin.
I'm concerned about the power situation. Since I have ship to shore power and I don't plan to have the boat out for longer than a weekend; I am wondering if I should even invest in the solar system (which can be had for under $130 including charging monitor on ebay) or if I should just look for ways to cut down on power usage (like replacing all of the lamps with leds). It seems like a solar panel would just take up precious deck space. I've already ruled out a $800 wind generator.
I was also interested in a knotmeter- but probably won't do it because I'd have to drill a hole in the bottom of my boat. As for gps, I'm using my iphone app "Navionics" which does exactly the same thing (for $10) as the $500 gps system they had at West Marine.
I am picking my boat up next week, so I'll post some pictures when I get it.
If anyone has had experience with solar panels, I'd like to hear what size panel you would recommend.
Any comments or ideas are appreciated!
Hello everyone! I am looking for comments, tips, or ideas on what to do to my 1977 O'day 22. If there are any must-haves you can think of, I'd like to hear about them too!
Some of the things I'm thinking of doing are:
- A 30 (60 or 80) watt solar panel and charging monitor.
- Replacing the interior lighting with some 3 ft led strip lighting.
- Possibly ditching my porta potty and installing a real toilet.
- Replace the manual sink pump with a powered pump. (JUST ORDERED IT)
- Solar vent(s).
- LOWRANCE MARK-5X PRO Fishfinder
- Bimini Cover - If you have one, please let me know where you bought it and what dimensions are needed for the O'day 22!
-Clear Entrance Hatch. Homemade Plexiglass?
My 22 already has 110VAC ship to shore power with battery charger, a bilge pump and a backup bilge pump, newly finished interior, vhf radio, car cd player with sirius satellite radio, 9.9 hp outboard, and it has been freshly painted on the inside and out (including new anti-fouling bottom kote). I just got the sales (main, genoa, and storm jib) out of the sail shop and they are ready to go! I was considering doing a single propane stove burner in the galley, but think I'll just use a portable coleman camping stove. I also just bought a 12vdc 11" lcd television for the cabin.
I'm concerned about the power situation. Since I have ship to shore power and I don't plan to have the boat out for longer than a weekend; I am wondering if I should even invest in the solar system (which can be had for under $130 including charging monitor on ebay) or if I should just look for ways to cut down on power usage (like replacing all of the lamps with leds). It seems like a solar panel would just take up precious deck space. I've already ruled out a $800 wind generator.
I was also interested in a knotmeter- but probably won't do it because I'd have to drill a hole in the bottom of my boat. As for gps, I'm using my iphone app "Navionics" which does exactly the same thing (for $10) as the $500 gps system they had at West Marine.
I am picking my boat up next week, so I'll post some pictures when I get it.
If anyone has had experience with solar panels, I'd like to hear what size panel you would recommend.
Any comments or ideas are appreciated!
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