POG projects: Frugal cockpit chartplotter

[POG]

POG came with an older Standard Horizon 150 black and white chartplotter that did not seem to work.  A visit to factory service and $50 later it now does and serves as back-up GPS in a fixed mounting together with the ham single sideband and ICOM  VHF radios at the nav station:



I bought a second new color Standard Horizon 180 from a discounter on the internet for around $300.  The 180 has improved innards and will accept giant amounts of information from its memory card.  I bought one single card covering all the South Pacific islands, New Zealand and Australia and bits of Indonesia for another $300 or so.  The pictures below show the frugal mariner's solution to obtaining a cockpit chartplotter that does not have to ride outside and tempt thieves when not in use.

[S/V Laelia]

Great idea!

[POG]

Thanks Ralph!

Nice to have a reaction - and a good one at that.

Carl

[Dale Tanski]

Carl,
This boat of your seems to be in very good condition.  All of the teak looks like it has been well attended to with not a peal, splotch or finish lift, the interior is neat, clean and orderly.  Your new dodger is outstanding and now it can be seen that you have a wide array of electronics, meters and gagits.  With each and every picture it is apparent that you are vying for P365 of the year.  The word Bristol comes to mind.  Some one has been sandbagging a bit.  I can recall posts where you have said the old girl needs lots of work, and that you are a long way from where you want her to be. 
The pictures of her on the hook reveled a prestine hull, color coded running rigging, pitless chrome winches, roller furling and mast access steps on not one but both sticks.  Little things like port and starboard boarding gates and upper and lower lifelines have not escaped the envious eye.  Both main and mizzen deck lights, a windlass, lifesling, outboard storage, extended mast track with a vertically stowed downwind pole and if I am not mistaken a liferaft atop the cabin. 
I won't even go into the extensive plumbing revisions, modifications and replacements.
And then there is the vane... oh Carl the selfsteering vane.
So without hesitation Carl, you are either a whiz at photoshop even though you played along and "had trouble" posting pictures, or you have one mighty nice boat.  Which is it?
POG looks beautiful.
Merry Christmas my friend!
Dale

[S/V Laelia]

It's a mighty nice boat. I have seen it with my own eyes. Pog is a great example of a well thought out boat meticulously outfitted by an experienced sailor.

[POG]

Thanks again, Ralph.  Because you have covered a few miles yourself you are able see the little things that makes life smoother under sail.

Praise from Captain Maruska is precious, indeed.  No, Dale - I have not been pulling your leg about the initial condition of POG and as proof I am attaching a little revealing picture from the days when I was looking at the boat to decide if I wished to buy her.  Note the condition of the teak and the dull,chalky and mouldy gelcoat, the bent stanchion and the banana peel:



I had to pull just about every screw in the horizontal teak and quite a few in the vertical, plug-drill deeper about 3/16", re-fasten and then glue in new plugs.  Dig out and clean the teak seams on the cockpit coaming and fill with Teak Deck Systems black goop and sand everything.  After that, 3 coats of Cetol Natural Teak varnish and 2 coats of Cetol High Gloss.  But, what a satisfying face lift!  I have also painted the topsides and the superstructure with International's two part system.

I was lucky that someone in the late 80ies / early 90ies planned to go cruising in the boat, though it never happened.  That left me with the Givens life raft, which turned out to be in great shape in its canister after 20 years and is now inspected and re-certified.  Also the mast steps on both sticks - though I think that the ones on the mizzen mast are a bit of an overkill, but, so what.... they came with the boat.

I hate to tell you that the boat is not "bristol", but she is fine.  Pictures do lie a bit.  You just have to take them at the right distance to hide the wrinkles.  I have abstained on purpose from varnishing the floors and other parts of the interior.  Once you go cruising the boat gets worn and I don't want to be stewing about my fine finish work getting scratched when the boat is used.

If I get around to it you will see pictures of when I had the boat all torn up to re-coat the water tanks etc and you will see that I, like you, had to apply the elbow grease quite freely.  No sand-bagging.

Merry Christmas to you and yours from your mate,

Carl  

[graemek]

Hi
  can we start a "you show me your's ,i'll show you mine,hears mine


http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad341/graemek_photo/pearson365/F_6571_89705.jpg http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad341/graemek_photo/pearson365/F_6571_89690.jpg
before and after
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad341/graemek_photo/pearson365/041.jpg
http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad341/graemek_photo/pearson365/039.jpg

[Dale Tanski]

WOW!
Very impressive.
Now there is one HUGE transformation.  I can't believe that power boater backed into you and did all that damage.  How long between the before and after?  What is next?
Again... very impressive.

Did you modify your stern rail to add the walk through or did the boat come that way?  Do you think that was a factory option? 

Carl, you just should have accepted the plaque for for POG for P365 of the year and called it a day.  It would appear that there is now some very steep competition after the title.
OK people, where is the rest of the befores and afters? This is a great idea.  I got to tell you they are very motivational photos.
Good Sailing
Dale

[POG]

Perhaps we should start a new forum.  Suggested heading P 365 MAS (Mutual Admiration Society) where we show ours and look at others.  It feels good to get encouragement and motivation from your peers.

Nice work Graemek.  Who picked the color - you or the wife?  Where is the boat?

Carl