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I have just added 20 photos of Joe King's restoration of his 1977 Outrage Banana Hull model.
He has done a lot of work and you can see that by the finished project.
The way this site is designed allows the members here to add their own comments rather than someone else having to add them. So, I am going to let Joe King put his comments under the individual photos to explain what he has done or what he is doing in that particular photo.
For you other members that have photos in the "Project Gallery Photos" section and have not added any comments yet, please do so when you get time. I'm sure everyone here would like to hear your commentary. Here is the link to the complete Project Gallery Photos. http://www.whalercentral.com/photogal...allery.php
If anyone else would like to submit their project photos, please contact me.
Very nice job and well done Joe King.
Thanks for the photos.
Electricians, including ones that work on boats, don't come cheap.
I would guess that they were paid by the hour.
Plus travel time.....
I've always enjoyed doing mine except when I am upside down and backwards with only room for one arm and both my legs are in the air.....
It really isn't that hard but does take some planning and getting the right tools for the job.
The one major suggestion I have for anyone doing their own electrical, please use the correct color wiring for the connection. If the install calls for the color of the wire to be black, use black.
I have seen far too many jobs where the person used one color wire for everything.
Not good. Very hard to trace of figure out what each wire is for.
If you live near me, bring it on by.
I have completely redone several of my Whalers. The fun part is pulling out all the old stuff.
I paid $30.00 an hour and I bought all the new wire and supplies after they gave me a list of everything they need to do the job. The supplies ran me about $550.00. That includes the new bus box , 8 switch dash mounted panel, battery switch, all new navigation light , deck lights and new stern light. All marine grade Ancor wire and connectors were used. I paid for about 20 hrs. of labor.
I prefer to do my own wiring, it's pretty easy with the right tools, when I first got the boat, everything was done in RED wire, (how thoughtful of the previous owner), the bow lights did'nt work, he used "Lamp cord behind the rub rail and put it up with 5 ss screws, you guessed it 5 perfect shorts ! I asked a friend who knew about boats, he came over and looked at the boat, I asked "How do I work with this", he said "LIKE THIS", and proceeded to rip every wire out of the boat, he just looked at me and said "This is a mess, start fresh now", he showed me how to make a marine connection, now I know where everything is because, I wired it, he inspected it, tightened a few mistakes up, and said "Nice job, now everythings the right color, and YOU know where it is, and it's done RIGHT" ! I learned a lot !
thanks MW and good point, but I am personally overwhelmed at the moment on my own boat. I guess with some guidance running wire is easy, as long as I know what goes where in the end. And as for cost, 1000k may not be too be to me, but my wife, well thats a different story all together
