about a week into it

Around $6000.00 dollars and two weeks of hard labor later she has come a long way!

Hopefully about three more weeks and she will be ready to roll. Most of the hard stuff is done. Motor controls, motor wiring, graphics, and install a new gps/sonar is all thats left.

PS I need the platform part of this swim platform. Anybody got one?

Malcolm Tanner
Mobile, Alabama

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I've been having serious thoughts about looking for a Walk-around / cuddy instead of a Center console.

Please, Post up more pics as you progress!!

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26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea..."

 27 So God created man in his own image,
       in the image of God he created him;
       male and female he created them.

 28 God blessed them and said to them, ... "Rule over the fish of the sea..."

 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.

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 20' ProLine Walkaround cuddy.
      

Looks like it will be a great setup when its all done. 

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I wanted it to be ready for opening week end of snapper season, but I don't think I will make it. Anyone have an open spot for June 5 or 6th I would love to go.

Answers to some of the questions

A full Armstrong bracket would have been nice but since it had a factory installed single bracket I left it on. I have around 14,000 in it now and will probably be in the 15,000 range when it is finished, that includes a 1000.00 spent on the trailer. Everything on it is now new. Axles, spring, rollers, wiring, tires, ect. It should be good to go for several years.

The motor is a 2004 Mercury 225 optimax with 428 hrs. I believe it will be a good one, it sure looks good. I will let you know how it runs in a few days. I am over budget on it some, I was hoping to get it going for around 13,000, but you know how it goes, every time you do something you find something else to do and add more cost. It should really be a nice dependable boat when it is finished, and give me many years of trouble free use, I HOPE!

A Garmin 540s is what I am thinking of using. It seems like a good choice in the reasonable priced units. I don't need a lot of bells and whistles, just a good gps/sonar combo. What do ya'll use? Do you think I will be happy with the Gramin 540s? It will be the last thing purchased so I have a few more days to make my choice.

The graphics will be custom designed to match the Mercury, not proline stuff.

Ya'll will be seeing it soon on the water!

Malcolm Tanner
Mobile, Alabama

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Sweet! That's not much money for a great dive boat like that.

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26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea..."

 27 So God created man in his own image,
       in the image of God he created him;
       male and female he created them.

 28 God blessed them and said to them, ... "Rule over the fish of the sea..."

 31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.

I have a Garmin 540s, I just use it for a chartplotter. I have not installed the transducer cause I just have that as a back up in case my furuno goes out. I don't think I could use it as chartplotter and fishfinder because of the screen size. That being said I love it as a chartplotter.

 

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As for electronics, I'd prefer two separate units for ease of use, but I have used several combo units on friends' boats. They work well, but having to run them in split-screen mode cuts down on the picture you're seeing for each function.

Really, a good bottom machine is worth its weight in gold. I had a cheap bottom machine on my boat, and regretted it every trip out... spend the money on a good bottom machine. For gps, even a cheap unit will get you close to the spot, so spending a bunch of money on that is not as crucial as the bottom machine.

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