want a 50 grand sea fishing

boat for less than 20?

this is how to do it!

affordable

PaRT 21

fisher

by Peter caPlen

W

iring a boat from scratch is not the epic

task it may first appear as long as you

don’t try and do too much at once. When

we wire a boat we do each circuit separately and

label everything until it is all finally connected. This

avoids confusing different circuits and ending up with

bunches of wires and no idea what they are for!

The first step is to decide the position of the batteries.

The engine start battery ideally wants to be as close

to the engine as possible to avid voltage drop when

starting. The engine start battery for our project

boat is mounted about half a metre away from the

engine on the starboard side with the isolating switch

mounted directly above it thus keeping cable runs to a

minimum.

Last issue we looked at

finishing off the imitation teak

rubbing band and the fancy

toe rails with stainless steel

cappings. This issue we are

looking at the electrics and

some cockpit detail.