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95 355 Project Refresh
- RGrew176
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2022 Stingray 182 SC
2004 Past Commodore
West River Yacht & Cruising Club
- mjk1040
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And GREAT Job on the 1995 boat!!!!
I'd Rather Be Boating!
1989 Sea Ray Seville
1986 Carver Mariner 32'
1990's Thompson 22' Cuddy Cabin
1990's 4Winns 245 Vista Cruiser
1980's Thompson 19' Open Bow
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- g36
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Crusader xli
The Black Pearl
Soddy Daisy Tn.
- chpsk8
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My ladder install was a little crude, but seems to be working. When I was doing the aft cabin wall I had it all torn apart and was able to see the inside of the swim platform and what the existing ladder was bolted to. There are nuts glassed into a thick wood plate and the bolts were not protruding through that plate.
When I took the bolts out they were 2 1/2" long, so that wood piece was pretty substantial.
Four of the six screws hit that plate the other two I used shorter screws and also didn't expose themselves inside the swim platform. I used a liberal dose of 4200 on the screws.
I noticed a neighbor with a '96 has a similar setup to mine.
If anyone has any ideas for a ramp or something to get my 80 pound lab out of the water I'd be interested. I also need those wide steps for the bow to beach ladder. Hoping to troll some up on Craigslist.
- km1125
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chpsk8 wrote:Source of the post I struggle to see the swim platform from the helm, so docking becomes a two person job since we tend to back in everywhere we go. It's a great handling boat, just tough to see all the corners. I installed a backup camera up high on the hard top. Pretty good coverage now. The monitor is just roughed in now, I'm going to mount it to the left of the gear selectors. The camera is wireless and is powered by the aft navigation light.
How is it backing into the slip while looking forward? How long did it take to get used to the image being "reversed"? I would think it might be better to have the monitor behind you so you actually have to turn around, just as if you were really looking at the stern of the boat.
- chpsk8
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km1125 wrote:Source of the postchpsk8 wrote:Source of the post I struggle to see the swim platform from the helm, so docking becomes a two person job since we tend to back in everywhere we go. It's a great handling boat, just tough to see all the corners. I installed a backup camera up high on the hard top. Pretty good coverage now. The monitor is just roughed in now, I'm going to mount it to the left of the gear selectors. The camera is wireless and is powered by the aft navigation light.
How is it backing into the slip while looking forward? How long did it take to get used to the image being "reversed"? I would think it might be better to have the monitor behind you so you actually have to turn around, just as if you were really looking at the stern of the boat.
Still on land so haven't had a chance to practice with it. It's a true backup camera, so it has the ability to reverse the image and add measurement lines to the screen. I'm thinking it will be like backing my car up, I look forward at the screen and use my mirrors, so this would be similar. The thinking is this would be used more for reference. What I can't see is when I get close to parallel with my slip, but need to move 3' over to one side or the other. This will help visualize when that finger is clear and I can pull both sticks back.
I had thought about putting it on the hard top so I could look at it backing up, but didn't like the placement options. Having it right on the dash is cleaner looking IMO.
- g36
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Crusader xli
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- ColRon
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1989 Carver Santego 3867
“Escape Plan”
Murray, KY
- chpsk8
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g36 wrote:Source of the post Here's some pics showing under platform boarding ladder and with and without ezup handles on my 405 sorry they are sideways
That's very interesting. Any idea how those are screwed into the deck? Are they bolted with nuts? It would be very challenging for me to reach that far into my swim platform. Do they drain?
I emailed the company to see if they had installation drawings. Feels like I could just 5200 those things in and they would become part of the boat. Screws for visual effect!
Looks like the best solution to assist boarding I've seen.
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