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Your post just reminded me. I had installed the JBP step earlier, but didn’t feel comfortable balancing in the tongue when trying to winch the boat on. So this week I added the Booma step from BoatEFX. I haven’t field tested it yet, but it feels pretty good sitting in my driveway!
I use mine to get on/off the bow. Having a nonslip surface makes it quick to finish the task. And i do step in the water to winch the boat in. Balancing on the step seem like i dont have enough leverage to turn the handle. Anyhow, your steps look amazing! I would've just bought that setup if i had seen it before tackling mine.
Sorry for the delay, I kept forgetting. I took some bonus pictures of stuff I have done in the past. I probably have over 50 holes in my boat now. I apologize for the dirty bilge. Some of my oil changes have gotten a little messy over the years (13 total) and my boat sits on a dock under a tree that sheds like crazy so I get leaves that turn into muck in the cracks pretty fast. The first and fifth pictures show the gas detector and the heat sensor mounted on the starboard side of the engine compartment. The second and third pictures are the high water float that I mounted in the middle between the engines. The 4th picture is the air inflator I installed with this air inflator kit. Shout out to @Bruce for making such a great kit. Picture 6 shows how I converted the light pole connector to be the hose outlet for the original ballast pump that came with my boat. I bought and installed two wakemakers pumps and wasn't sure what to do with the original pump but then my friend had the brilliant idea. I have a hose that I twist on to it and then shove into a bag that sits on the deck. Works really well. On the right side of picture 7 you can see where I mounted the alarm. On the lower left of picture 7 you can see the custom switch panel (from newmarine.com) that I installed to control my secondary float bilge, underwater lights, gas/fire/water alarm, led battery monitors for house and start batteries and a switch for my Lawrence chart plotter that I installed 12 years ago. My signature has a link to a bunch of other stuff I have done. My last planned project before I hang up my wire crimper for good is to replace the Aquatics AV stereo with a bluetooth enabled fusion stereo.
