Thursday, September 8, 2016

Instrument Panel Update

The lower level instrument panel on this boat originally featured: LORAN, FloScan Fuel Flow Meter, Uniden VHF Radio, Depth Meter, Boat Systems LED Alarm Panel. As the top row contains the analog engine temperature, RPM, Sync, Etc... and I didn't want to get into replacing all that at this time. I decided to focus on the lower level instruments to add some more capability to the boat.

The instruments that I am changing to:
  • Raymarine ES78 Multi-function Display.
  • Raymarine 40 Autopilot Control for Powerboats.
  • Raymarine Ray70 VHF Radio w/ AIS w/ GPS
One of the big challenges of doing this is finding a tool that can cut through a combination of gel-kote, fiberglass & marine plywood all glued together like a warm cantankerous tool destroying sandwich.