Bob from Olympia, 28 GA build

[Rbob]

Waiting for some supplies to show up so I have been working on support for cuddy mattress, I have drilled holes in the roof for the radar and antenna and been coating the holes with several coats of epoxy, pics of that when I get closer.

[Rbob]

Added a fill coat and tried out the mattress support, Its strong!

NMEA network is almost complete, rear helm and ext GPS/position sensor will do it for now leaving 3 extra ports if I ever need to add something.

[json]

Nice, looking good, I like the support. I might need to do something like that, I haven’t put too much thought into it yet. Looks like it fits well tho…

[Rbob]

Power to Chartplotter at rear helm, installed right angle connector on the nmea 2000 cable and just need to shorten the Garmin network cable to complete.  The nmea 2000 connectors are not all the same as I found out, they all fit the backbone fine but the device can be clocked differently.  AKA another rabbit hole.

The angled protrusion on the left is for the hydraulic steering fill, warning to others make sure you have plenty of drop to your rear helm or you will be doing similar. 

On edit, I forgot the pic...

[Rbob]

My NMEA Network is working!  Battery monitor works also.  My first time terminating these tiny wires, pretty easy just tiny. Not much to show but here it is:

 

[json]

That’s cool. This made me remember that I had to make a bunch of cat5 cables once upon a time, thinking about it is much more intimidating than actually doing it. Lookin good tho, I bet it feels good to get the system powered up. I did my chart plotter the other day and was blown away by how nice it is (details on the charts, responsiveness of the touchscreen, etc).

[Rbob]

"thinking about it is much more intimidating than actually doing it"

 

So true, and wearing 2 pair of reader glasses so I could see the colors on the cut off plug.  I did not trust my eyes so I confirmed the colors with an ohm meter.

[Rbob]

Check this out, a remote control for my windlass:

https://youtu.be/rrBNcRH3zHQ

[Todd j]

That remote looks like it is gonna be a great deal. 
Re: your mattress support.   I am planning on nearly the same thing.  I have a wallas heater and haven’t decided where to put the register.  My initial instinct was to put it low where it would blow under the added support.  I’m not sure how well that would work. 
  Will you be ducting heat into the cuddy?

[Rbob]

Yes,

I will be ducting into the cuddy, just have not figured out where and how.  I want registers to defrost the windshields, thinking of making a plenum since not much room for 3" ducting on ceiling of cuddy. 

If anyone has ideas or plans for ducting, please share.

[Todd j]

I like the plenum idea, however my cuddy supports may make something like that problematic, but there usually is a way.  My less than photographic memory makes me think Skanmarine In Seattle said the defrost ducts would not be needed with the Wallas?   I’m hoping that if necessary it is a easy add on using your plenum suggestion

[Rbob]

I set the radar on the roof so I can cut the cables for length, they send 49' power and network cable.  Enough power cable left over for the mast light.
Horns are wired to a relay up front, so no voltage drop from rear helm.

Sound bite below.

https://youtube.com/shorts/pBcoD1UI4eU?feature=share


 

[Todd j]

That looks like a great place to mount the horns.  I had horn exposed and it never lasted a season.  I gave up and got a jet ski horn in a bottle. 

[Brian.Dixon]

Does Garmin provide any specs for line of sight forward?  Like, when looking over the visor so you can see close-up obstacles?

[Rbob]

RE:  "Does Garmin provide any specs for line of sight forward?"

This is what they show:

BEAM WIDTH   5.2° horizontal, 25° vertical
MAX RANGE   48 nm
MINIMUM RANGE   20 meters