What have you done to make your boat special?
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 8:10 pm
Many of you have personalized your boats in ways that are unique. Iclevel1 and fredeboy have custom mosquito netting, jgrimes built a handsome custom table for his boat, ROLAND has a pretty slick shallow water anchor setup, and I'm sure there are a lot of others. I like getting ideas as I'm wanting to make my first boat unique when I find it. Did you build a custom troll fishing jig or install floor lighting or fishing lighting? I'm liking the "fishing station" live well/storage area. Does anybody have any custom setups? Show us what you've built, especially if nobody else has it.
Here are my plans:
Dad is a retired carpenter and I would like to get him to help me build a table and a custom guage/switch panel from wood. The table will be larger than most and set up to play cards or dominoes on the boat.
Phone/tablet charging station for all the family. (It will encourage them to not keep a phone on them all over the boat and risk losing them + I can use my phone to play music, check weather, and navigate with a boating ap. Som aps give GPS location, marina and boat ramp locations, and water depth at your location.
A hidden or indiscreet pocket in the console for mounting our holstered pistols. My wife and I and most of our friends carry.
A hidden key bypass for accessories in case the key gets lost. (I wouldn't show pictures of that.) You could route the accessory power through a switch that requires a code for extra security.
I want to make a screen room that fits over the bimini top to keep out mosquitoes and give me a place to sleep at night if needed.
I want to install LED strip lights down the sides under the deck for fishing and to keep idiots from plowing into us at night, as well as get drop in fishing lights.
I want to install a dual battery system with 1/2/both/off and put DC outlets at all over the boat for fishing drop lights and clamp mounted DC fans on the railing. (Texas is hot)
A bilge pump to feed a water hose for washing off the deck.
Solar charging to minimize battery depletion. (Can you tell that I get free used deep cycle batteries and don't worry much about battery usage?)
I've considered putting eye bolts under the deck between the toons as a place to hang seating while swimming under the boat. A round cooler lid hanging on a rope with a carabiner from the eye bolt would be nice. You could remove it and store it when not in use. I've even considered putting a hammock under the boat so we can lounge in the water and keep cool.(or have crazy under boat sex) Does this sound dumb? (and I don't mean does having sex sound dumb)
Here are my plans:
Dad is a retired carpenter and I would like to get him to help me build a table and a custom guage/switch panel from wood. The table will be larger than most and set up to play cards or dominoes on the boat.
Phone/tablet charging station for all the family. (It will encourage them to not keep a phone on them all over the boat and risk losing them + I can use my phone to play music, check weather, and navigate with a boating ap. Som aps give GPS location, marina and boat ramp locations, and water depth at your location.
A hidden or indiscreet pocket in the console for mounting our holstered pistols. My wife and I and most of our friends carry.
A hidden key bypass for accessories in case the key gets lost. (I wouldn't show pictures of that.) You could route the accessory power through a switch that requires a code for extra security.
I want to make a screen room that fits over the bimini top to keep out mosquitoes and give me a place to sleep at night if needed.
I want to install LED strip lights down the sides under the deck for fishing and to keep idiots from plowing into us at night, as well as get drop in fishing lights.
I want to install a dual battery system with 1/2/both/off and put DC outlets at all over the boat for fishing drop lights and clamp mounted DC fans on the railing. (Texas is hot)
A bilge pump to feed a water hose for washing off the deck.
Solar charging to minimize battery depletion. (Can you tell that I get free used deep cycle batteries and don't worry much about battery usage?)
I've considered putting eye bolts under the deck between the toons as a place to hang seating while swimming under the boat. A round cooler lid hanging on a rope with a carabiner from the eye bolt would be nice. You could remove it and store it when not in use. I've even considered putting a hammock under the boat so we can lounge in the water and keep cool.(or have crazy under boat sex) Does this sound dumb? (and I don't mean does having sex sound dumb)