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esoxfly

Posted 3/6/2012 9:37 PM (#544124 - in reply to #543898)
Subject: Re: Customizing your Boat

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Location: Kodiak, AK

jonnysled - 3/6/2012 10:15 AM

i sold a boat to a guy named jeff breidenbach (esoxfly) ... what you describe is something that jeff did in spades. find him and take a look at the pictures of what he did to make a boat "his". i think it's a great example of what you describe. it was a nice boat when i owned it, but what he's made it into is very cool and very, very jeff.

Thanks Jon.

Alot of my mods have been relative to fly fishing; making a stripping basket, cleaning up clutter, making special harnesses for drift socks to control angle of drift and such...prob not much interest to most guys here.

But for general upgrades, and admittedly most of these are just modifications for safety in big water-
Bluewaters on decks, outboard intake and in all storage compartments, rewired entire boat to buss bars and individual circuits for ease in troubleshooting (should the need arise) and maintenance, dual Power Poles, second manual bilge on aligator clips (not a switch), in-dash flush mount compass, additional rod holders on RAM mounts because I don't like running with vertical rods on the console holders, mounted and hand held VHF radios, alot of non-skid, anti-chafe patches for rod tips in factory rod holders to keep from scratching the side of the boat, quick release leash for dog, Just Encase boxes front and rear, camera mount, both HDS on larger RAM mounts for to allow for viewing anywhere in the boat, retro tape on several places on the boat for vis at night from 360*, and a few others.

Also, alot of what I've done is for safety, visibility and recoverability from the air and the water. I've got three fire extinguishers, two strobes, GPS wired to VHF, and just a bunch of other stupid things that make my time on the water easier, but either aren't worth mentioning or are common practice.

Oh, and a new 225 four stroke and removed the petrified can of Beer Nuts from under the center console to make room for larger batteries....

Edited by esoxfly 3/6/2012 9:53 PM

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