R
Ray
Hi All, Since this is my first year with my boat I have been making a few changes. For one I did install a LCD Hi-Def TV and mounted in the opening to the fwd cabin. It is a $200 Polaroid I got from WalMart. I also installed a solar panel and a desulfinating battery charger from BatteryMINDER that appears to have resuscitated my #2 battery (it will now start the diesel and run the hotel loads that it could not do before). Finally, I have been experimenting with the main sheet jam cleat trying to make it more efficient. The attached photo should give you all an idea what I did. In all three cases I was loath to add any new holes to the boat. For the TV mount I took a board and drilled holes to match the TV bracket and the chain plate for the port shrouds plus longer screws. For the solar panel I used 1" aluminum bar and SS bolts and nuts to mount to the stern rail (stern in slip at marina always faces south), and for the main sheet I used longer screws and some marine board scrap. Ray