Launched the boat today, went for a quick spin with my dad we topped at 28kts in a bit of swell, she drove perfect and all looks great, also got the A-Frame wired along with some other electronics, Im off out again tomorrow and should hopefully get some video along with some more pics
pictures attached...waiting for jockey seat to arrive which should bring the bow down and make the ride all that better.
Its been a while, been sick for the last few weeks but I have recovered and brought the Seat down today to measure it up for cables, looks well i think, hope to fit it this weekend but weather doesnt look at all good, will post more pics as soon as its fitted.
Have spent the last few hours trying to work out how to connect up my steering only to discover that union chandlery here in cork have given me all the wrong parts!!! the cables are the wrong size for the helm Assembly and they are telling me that they cant get the right size until February, he gave me another cable and told me it would fit but just tried to fit it and its too small, 2mm to be exact, so i must go back down to them again tomorrow and try get all this sorted, its so frustrating..... I hope those days next season doing 30kts with the wind in the hair and sun on the face will make up for all this! I live in hope that with all this global warming Ireland will get the sun we are so long overdue
chewy, I wish i could say i built that console...I kinda gave up on the one i was building thinking it would take away from the finish of the boat, So i got in contact with XS ribs as they have a 4.6m model similar size to mine and ordered the small jockey seat. I'm hoping to order a second single seat when funds permit, as long as I have a good comfortable seat that's all that matters, the other passengers will just have to wait
I tried to save some bits off my old SR steering but gave up trying to mix and match parts and just bought a new system.
A few people on here mentioned that it was worth doing rather than trying to replace the helm unit if it failed in a years time.
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Originally Posted by andreworiordan
chewy, I wish i could say i built that console...I kinda gave up on the one i was building thinking it would take away from the finish of the boat, So i got in contact with XS ribs as they have a 4.6m model similar size to mine and ordered the small jockey seat. I'm hoping to order a second single seat when funds permit, as long as I have a good comfortable seat that's all that matters, the other passengers will just have to wait
I've got the same console, the only downside to it was the curved front, apart from that its brilliant for how much it was.
Did you glass it in your self as the XS ones don't have a flange?
Just back from a 4hr trip on my nearly finished RIB, having slight engine problems at low revs, I have been told its a blocked idle jet, so will have a go at clearing it over the week, She rids very nice and went surfing in about 15/20ft swell off roaches point yesterday, I got my fiancée to take a few pics when we got back for ye! (the good news is she loves the new boat)
so all going well I will have all the electrics done tomorrow, Bring on the summer!!
Another update, after countless more hours working on the boat I have got the whole thing rewired, search lights/nav lights/ bildge pumps/ LED floor level lights are just some of the new electrics added, I also built myself a nice little single jockey seat for herself that has under seat storage for the fuel tank and allows the whole thing to be removed in a matter of seconds if the room is needed, I built in the drivers backrest into the jockey seat to make life easier and hope to fit two backrests and my new drivers cushion soon. I also cleaned up the cables.
But all the work paid off, last week I made a nice 24nm trip from crosshaven to Ballycotten in glass like conditions, and yesterday made a trip to Kinsale, again around the 28nm round trip.
Sorry about the quality of the pics as they where taken on my phone.
Clewless
