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  1. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Today I cut my stringers. My original idea was to try to find somebody with a nice big saw to help me because the teak is 5"x5" and my laminated coosa base is 5"x3.5", instead I ended up making two passes for each cut with a table saw. I have to say, I did a pretty good job today. I'm giving...
  2. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I appreciate the feedback for sure. It's good to know that I'm not completely off with what I've come up with. I thought really hard about putting the downriggers on a Group 31 and doing just that. There were a couple reasons I decided on the four battery instead. 1. Weight distribution - Think...
  3. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I was kind of down yesterday, prepping for a colonoscopy (sorry if that's TMI), so I decided to spend the day thinking about how I want to outfit the boat for fishing, and the electrical system. For me, for my comfort taking the boat out it comes down to three separate onboard electrical...
  4. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Yesterday I got my custom transom savers cutout and installed. The admiral actually helped, and we had fun working on it together. I went with black king's starboard because I plan on the bottom of this boat being painted with black anti-fouling paint. A couple days ago I started work on my new...
  5. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    As of right now, I plan on running two 27 deep cycle marine batteries, but as I've mentioned, I've never set up a fishing boat so that may change. I also haven't looked into what MerCruiser says with this engine. I just secured the plywood layer to my Coosa transom. I used 9 -316 SS, 1" lags...
  6. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Per MerCruiser, my 4.3L weighs 763lbs, the drive is 85lbs, and the transom assembly is 80lbs The 3.0L Weighs 500ish and it would have the same drive and transom, so there's about a 250lb. difference. I don't know what the straight six 165 weighs. I know they were optional in these boats. The...
  7. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Thank you for your interest! It's good to know I'm not talking to myself! I have faith in iBoats. I'm waiting for them to resolve the issue and then I'll do a photo dump. I don't want to get into 3rd party photo sites and creating more accounts. My engine is a 1992, 4.3 MerCruiser, 4BBL and is...
  8. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    So, right now I'm coating the plywood layer of my transom with white machine paint and I'm waiting on my king's starboard so I can cut and mount my transom savers. As soon as these two components are done, my plan is to have a mechanic install my gimbal assembly. He's going to rebuild and...
  9. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I started work on my custom transom savers. Yesterday I used the corrugated plastic transom template that I had previously made as part of the process for building my Coosa transom, to make a 7"x 24" template that matches the contour of the bottom of my boat on each side. I ordered two pieces of...
  10. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I had a good day doing some corrective sanding on my transom today! I had previously given myself a -C on it, I think I've upgraded it to a B+, and I'm happy with it. I've been known to be a little rough on myself. In the eyes of others it might be an -A. As far as trim tabs go, I think I'm...
  11. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Maybe I'm thinking about this all wrong. I don't really need the transducer until I'm fishing, and when I'm fishing, I'll be running a kicker motor, mounted on the port side of the boat. So, I think I basically have the whole starboard side to mount the transducer and trim tabs, and keep a...
  12. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Thanks for the response! How did you get a picture to load???
  13. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Here's a question for iBoats, I'm considering getting a pair of Bennet Trim Tabs for this boat. I'm thinking 12x12 electric, Bennet BOLTS. So, the question is, how far did you mount your transducer from your trim tabs, and do they interfere with it at all? I talked to Garmin on the phone and...
  14. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Currently as the 5200 is curing in the through-bolts for my coosa transom, I shifted focus to the marine-grade ply template that I previously made, as part of my process for building the coosa transom. So, I had my ply template, which I had used to build the horse collar, which resulted in an...
  15. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    I didn't use 5200 to install the transom assembly, I used it to install the transom itself.
  16. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    When the horse collar was ready and the 5200 was cured I cutout the keyhole. It's going to work, but to be honest, it wasn't my finest work... I ended up using a 1.75" dia., 6" deep hole saw to cut out the 60-degree steering and I did it free hand. I give myself credit for getting the correct...
  17. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Once I had the primer and topcoats painted, I switched my focus to the transom. Last summer I built a 1.5" Coosa transom. To do that, I had to create a template because the existing transom was so rotted that it crumbled upon removal. So, first, I created a template on corrugated plastic...
  18. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Still can't post pictures... I've made a lot of progress since the problem with posting pictures, but I don't want to overload describing it in one post. So, I'm going to post my progress one step at a time as though it were being done right now even though it's been weeks. After I primed the...
  19. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    Trying to upload some pictures to go with my last post. I think the keyhole on this boat should be good to go, no tailoring necessary. It has the squared bottom. It's the shape of an Alpha 1 Gen 2, is that right?
  20. 66Holiday924

    1978 Islander 22 I/O

    The site won't let me upload pictures for some reason, but I got some more work done on my transom skin yesterday. I finished sanding down the Marine Tex, rinsed it clean with water and stiff bristled brush, let it dry. Then I cleaned it off with Acetone and let it dry again. Then I used the...
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