Rainy day projects

[Jim_R]

A rainy day motivated me to do some small boat projects I have been putting off.

First one, a simple battery upgrade. Pulled the existing group 24 battery and battery box, and added a group 31 in a battery tray. The group 31 barely fits in the existing battery area. Eventually I will install the group 24 in a different area setup as a dedicated starting battery, and add a Yandina auto charging relay. At that point the group 31 will be the house battery.

The lack of a good storage area for the mooring cover poles was bugging me, so...

Had to add an additional 1.25" square tubing column. I had bought some used tubing earlier for a different project (I hope it stops raining or I may yet attack that project too). I used JB weld to secure the column, so far it is rock solid.

 

[cwag911]

Nice job Jim. Great idea for the poles.

 

[SEMPERFI8387]

Love the pole idea, that's what I'm going to do when ours comes in. Very clean. Gonna do that for my fishing poles also.

 

[Link]

When I reach the lake on the weekend I bring a dock cart out and place the mooring cover and poles in it, I leave it on the beach, if it looks like rain I cover it again but otherwise I leave it off until Sunday night when we leave the lake

 

[Jim_R]

When I reach the lake on the weekend I bring a dock cart out and place the mooring cover and poles in it, I leave it on the beach, if it looks like rain I cover it again but otherwise I leave it off until Sunday night when we leave the lake

Where exactly do you leave these valuable items?

 

[BigKahuna]

Great idea! Nice and neat!

 

[dcstoddard]

Can you come clean out my privacy curtain area? I mean that area is spotless.......... :blink: