That light is really small and it's about the same height as the top of the attachment point. I put one on mine. I rarely run at night so I'm willing to risk the officer who would try to ticket you for that one.
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That light is really small and it's about the same height as the top of the attachment point. I put one on mine. I rarely run at night so I'm willing to risk the officer who would try to ticket you for that one.
I decided to have the fiberglass repaired, as in daylight it was quite a bit worse than I thought (nearly $5k in gel coat repairs!). Boaters Insurance covered it no questions asked!
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Also got the trailer welded up, should be painted by mid-next week, which is also when the boats slated for completion;
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wow, good idea to get it fixed pronto
That hurts my eyes. Glad it will be wrapped up before the season gets started up there.
Soooo.... am I reading this thread correctly??
- You took delivery (of a new, brand new boat) mid January of '13
- Drove it home 250 miles in snow and ice
- Got to your neighborhood, slid backwards on ice, smacked up the wakeplate - Stupid Tree!!
- Oh yeah, the wife is in the truck also and eight months pregnant
- Not only do you fix the wakeplate, you decide to start upgrading your boat (zipppp) including the stereo (why they don't just all come with killer sound systems yet I don't understand)
- Decide to go ahead and make some custom backlit accent pieces
You Sir ROCK!!! AWESOME
Yea, pretty accurate, lol.
I got the sub box roughed out today - once I get the boat back I'll test fit, cut the speaker holes, add the port, add more screws and liquid nails, then get it Rhinolined.
Template and box;
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Are you having a local shop in Traverse City do all the fiberglass repairs?
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Yea, West Bay Boat Works - so far I'm very impressed.
they need to do something like what Axis and Supra do and mount the anchor light on top of the tower pylon
[QUOTE=ian ashton;212443]I got a few deliveries today; inspired by another post on here, I am going to install a heater vent behind the drivers seat, so I ordered a matching Hot Tube with chrome ring from HeaterCraft;
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How does that work? Do you just Y off one of the (2) existing tubes?
Exactly - I'm going to use PVC pipe, this way I don't have to worry about puncturing the tube that will run through a storage area.
Are your (2) tubes located in the bow walkthrough? Doesn't seem like the best location to me.Quote:
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Moomba did it on the V2 for a couple years, but no longer an option.... Hmmm glad I got mine.Quote:
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They are, but since they pull out I think it's a great spot - if you leave the bow cover on it makes the whole boat toasty.Quote:
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Originally Posted by ian ashton
Ian , when I did my obv with the 4 port heater, I loved having a vent at the drivers feat. Two in the walkway and one behind the drivers seat.
wish my xlv had 4 , they put the heater on the port side, making it difficult to get fix heat to the starboard side.
let us know how the wye tube works with the air flow.
Will do - my '08 had 3 ports, the '13 only has 2. I figure if its not enough with the Y I'll swap out the blower box thingie.
Trailer is painted and looking good!
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Got some photos of the progress; sounds like I'll be getting the boat back on Friday.
Primed;
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Taped up, ready for black gel coat;
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Black sprayed;
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Ready for sanding and polishing;
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Looks like they're doing a great job on the repairs.
What - no custom spraying, patterns or personalization?? I had such high hopes.
Brought the boat home yesterday, looks as good as new, can't even tell it was damaged!
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Test fitting the sub box;
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Drip molded registration numbers on;
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Those reg numbers are awesome!
Yes those are pretty cool. Who did you use?
Maybe I missed that one.
http://shop.domednumbers.com/
Used them for our '08 and Chase's LSV - always super fast and top quality.
[QUOTE=ian ashton;213746]Brought the boat home yesterday, looks as good as new, can't even tell it was damaged!
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What's in the middle (black) or your sundeck? Do you have some sort of walk through transom?
2013 OBV has a plastic walkover area on the rear sun pad.
Correct, but I think it's fiberglass?
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(Picture taken while making a template for SeaDek pad)
Got her in the water today!
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This is the new marina slip - going to build in the corners and have some decorating to do, but I love that its covered!
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Not a bad lookin rig, if I do say so myself.
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great set up fho sho
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Tower looks empty,
other than that , spectacular !
[QUOTE=ian ashton;213827]Correct, but I think it's fiberglass?
Man I'm so jealous! Not sure why they don't all have that option. Looks like you have the right idea with the custom seadek.
Repeat post, whoops
On the trailer that thing looks a lot bigger than 20'
The clarity of your water blows my mind. You can see the bottom in the picture of your slip! We had a chair get blown off our boat house deck and it fell in one of the slips in 3 feet of water and the only reason we knew where it was was because about 2 inches of one of the legs was sticking above the water line. You could not see ANY of it below the water line.
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David -
If you ever make it up this way we'll have to take you out on one of the lakes up near Mt St Helens. I used to have ropes with sinking handles when we were skiing (so you don't run them over I guess) and you could literally see them 20-30ft down. Cold water - but clean and clear.
Ian -
Boat looks absolutely amazing!
If I ever head up that way I will definitely take you up on that offer.Quote:
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The clearest lake I have been on was canyon lake in central Texas and you could see maybe 6-7 ft. 30 ft is crazy!
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Torch Lake is pretty clear - Laura's family cottage is on the north end of the lake (about 45 minutes from our house, vs 20 minutes to the marina, which is why I bought the slip instead of leaving it at the cottage). About 30 years ago her grandpa intentionally sunk a row boat right before the "drop off" where the water is about 15' (goes from 15' to about 100' instantly) and its still completely visible.
It's about 8' in this pic;
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ha, that looks like 6 inches deep! crazy.Quote:
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It would be really strange to be able to SEE all the alligators down below.
My son would be spending every waking minute out there if he could see the fish cruising around like that...