Access from ground. We tried several methods of getting in the boat when "boater-homing" but none worked well with my wife's short legs. Finally this step stool and the swim step worked best. See next photo on the necessary "bridge".

"Bridge on edge showing underside and wood piece that keeps it in place.

"Bridge" view from cockpit of boat.

"Bridge over the splash-well from the swim step to the cockpit of boat. 3/4" plywood, epoxied & painted. Green paint has sharp silica sand for traction. Bridge must be kept slid to outside when boating. You can see crunch on white edge where hydrolic steering arm crunched it when it moved too far to the center of the boat. Note large "Sierra" fuel filter. Filter which came with boat gave problems and left me to be towed in one time. I replaced the original filter with this inexpensive one that still filters out water. I replace filter canister yearly and no problem for last 6 years.

Access from ground. We tried several methods of getting in the boat when "boater-homing" but none worked well with my wife's short legs. Finally this step stool and the swim step worked best. See next photo on the necessary "bridge".

Overhead storage above center windshield. With the original open shelf we were always being "bombed" by stuff falling from the over head bin. I lowered the shelf by inserting a 2x2 and using longer bolts. The front cover, or door is a piece of 1/4 ply held in place with wing nuts. See next photo for the closed position view. The blue "headliner" lining was our test for the headline fabric. It worked well, but my application was poor so we had a professional do whole cabin interior with a golden brown headliner fabric.

Overhead storage in closed position. Wing nuts alow it to be locked in place.
Most of inside of boat is covered w/ headliner/ indoor/ outdoor carpet which serves two purposes: Insulation and condensensation prevention, and something velcro "hooks" will cling to.

Weather station. Outside reader is mounted under a cockpit rim.

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Access from ground. We tried several methods of getting in the boat when "boater-homing" but none worked well with my wife's short legs. Finally this step stool and the swim step worked best. See next photo on the necessary "bridge".

Two Bears
Jun 29, 2013

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