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Here in Alaska summer is on it's way south and with the close of sane boating for us we looked back at what we learned this first season on Huda Thunkit. A lot of credit goes to fellow brats for general information on subjects from anchoring to radios. The biggest thing I learned is that we can do this! Not only that but we had a blast along the way as well. There was one time however when the pucker factor was over the top and our own fault for being where we were. Not knowing from experience what 4 ft seas with 25 Kt winds and confused chop/ following seas meant when we viewed it on the NOAA site, we decided to have a look! First mistake, the trip over was not all that bad but our return was harrowing! The wind / wave action was strong enough to throw me out of the seat twice on that 20 mile leg. What did we learn, those stats are based on formula not observation, we will turn around in the future and wait it out, that big hole in the rear of the boat (transom cut out) that I had reservation about ,is a total non issue, these boats are tougher than we are.
There were some nice upgrades applied to the boat as well that will soon appear in my photo album like 2 stainless disc mounted on the cockpit wall for holding my class IV throwable. Using plastic deck material we also closed off a large portion of the splash well which gives a great location to tie down coolers, totes ets. Our motor mount plates were replaced with fully machined stainless versions and much larger than OEM. In the cabin we added a neat rod rack and made an acrilic cover for the chart which is mounted to our dinette table. Then there were the window shields which came from a c-brat as well and gave us the ability to leave the windows open enough to reduce the condensation.
We are looking forward to next season and have a very long list of planed future upgrades . Oh yea, we also learned that we can turn on the radio right in the yard and get the marine forecast and just sitting in the boat listening to the radio is kind of cool too. Mike on Huda Thunkit
There were some nice upgrades applied to the boat as well that will soon appear in my photo album like 2 stainless disc mounted on the cockpit wall for holding my class IV throwable. Using plastic deck material we also closed off a large portion of the splash well which gives a great location to tie down coolers, totes ets. Our motor mount plates were replaced with fully machined stainless versions and much larger than OEM. In the cabin we added a neat rod rack and made an acrilic cover for the chart which is mounted to our dinette table. Then there were the window shields which came from a c-brat as well and gave us the ability to leave the windows open enough to reduce the condensation.
We are looking forward to next season and have a very long list of planed future upgrades . Oh yea, we also learned that we can turn on the radio right in the yard and get the marine forecast and just sitting in the boat listening to the radio is kind of cool too. Mike on Huda Thunkit