Overhaul... tacky or functional

hp18carr · Post by **hp18carr** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 12:24 pm

As you may recall I opted out of the old electronics found on my c26... but what to do with the holes left behind? I've come up with a little something that may kill two birds with one stone so to speak. Four treated mounting blocks, a matching pair for each side. The holes are still there, sufficiently sealed off posing little leak risk. I can use the blocks to mount what I need, or if called for remove them and reuse the old holes. The first mate called them tacky... I call them functional.

Terrence
Wilmington N.C.
Chrysler 26 1980
Pandora (for now)

javelin · Post by **javelin** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 1:19 pm

Not tacky at all. Good taste ( sort of ). What I did was attach a grab bar to each side so my wife felt safer when I was heeling.

Alanhod · Post by **Alanhod** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:28 pm

hp18carr · Post by **hp18carr** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:44 pm

Thanks for the input, but this may fall under a new category... tacky functionality. LOL.

Terrence
Wilmington N.C.
Chrysler 16 1980
Pandora (for now)

tgentry · Post by **tgentry** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:06 am

I'm leaning towards tacky, but not denying that I might do something similar. It seems to me you need a compass and depth sounder of some sort at a minimum.

Capt. Bondo · Post by **Capt. Bondo** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:48 am

At least round the corners and give them some style

hp18carr · Post by **hp18carr** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:40 pm

Capt. Bondo

As for rounding the corners I had thought about that, but being true to my nature I'm to lazy to remove them only to need too reseal them again and I lack the right wood working tools at the moment to do a good job (band-saw... hack saw or jiz saw just won't cut it.) I'll put it on my list of future things to do... it was all a spur of the moment idea.

Terrence
Wilmington N.C.
Chrysler 26 1980
Pandora (for now)

J. Austin · Post by **J. Austin** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 2:13 pm

Might be a weird question, but why did you opt out of the electronics, and why not replace them with new, or better.
One more, why not use fiberglass?

Sorry, just curious.

hp18carr · Post by **hp18carr** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:53 pm

Jay

No need to be sorry. Like Alan I don't hold out much faith for my fiber glassing skills and a new complete set of electronics is big bucks. In the future I may indeed reuse the old holes again, but not for sometime most likely. My electronics for now will be the bare minimal that safety will allow and mostly hand held.

Terrence
Wilmington N.C.
Chrysler 26 1980
Pandora (for now)

thepartydog · Post by **thepartydog** » Sun May 02, 2010 9:39 pm

We had two holes on the starboard side, same position as yours. We replaced the electronics with board mounted gear, that was later stolen, but we plan to mount it above the companion way hatch so that it can be stowed down below.

My wife glassed one of the holes. It's not that hard to do and if you mess it up, you can just cut and redo, or fill and sand.

The other hole we covered with a stainless louvered circular vent from west marine. It was only about $4 bucks, though I might have caught it on sail. That leaves the option of reusing that hole for a compass in the future.

EmergencyExit · Post by **EmergencyExit** » Mon May 03, 2010 3:50 am

Hmmm tacky but functional is exactly how the redhead refers to me.