As I consider this further, I have very minimal run going into the fuse box, to the point were condensation on the fuse box itself will probably generate as much moisture as anything coming down those wires, so I am going to do some serious not-worrying about it.Mojosmantra wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:22 pm I was going to ask, what the heck is a "drip loop", but this response made it crystal clear. Never heard of such a thing and now I have learned something new.
I've been knocking out micro-tasks while waiting for the weather to warm up enough to where I dare start painting the deck.
I got the steering arm hardware sorted out finally,
got a coat of epoxy on my guest seat frame,
got some fairing compound on my dashboard and one side of my console,
got my guest seat-back backer-board cut to the right shape(it will be upholstered)
put another coat of paint under the decks(not as worried about painting these areas in the cold)
got some ring terminals on the battery line
figured out how to retain the steering-worm sleeve on the "wrong" side of the helm(zip ties to the rescue)
Also, in a fit of insanity, I just ordered/paid for the plywood for my next build, picking it up Saturday in Boston. Will be building a glued-lapstrake row/sail boat somethig like what's shown below. I've had the book "How to build Glued Lapstrake Wooden Boats" on my nightstand for probably 6 years, maybe more, but it's only within the past year or so that it's started to actually feel feasible. My two SnG boats have done marvels for my confidence with the various processes involved to where I actually, finally feel like I can get it to completion. Plan is to start on that project in Sept or October but with the price/availability of plywood, figured I'd get it now and sit on it and not run the risk of a winter without a boat to build, a very very frightening thought.