ok i have a confession to make on behalf of john and myself. we are addicts. yep, sad but true. we cant stop ourselves from tinkering with the boat. is there a bassboaters anonymous? we may need some counseling.
what he didn't tell you was we stopped by rockwall marine...big mistake...and saw some stuff on the new cats that we just couldn't resist. sooooo. our p2 will be sporting the new black mounting support for the upper jackplate bolts in the splashwell, the new pop top gas caps will be replacing the screw in version that we have now, and a new trim piece on the spashwell.
hey it's no problem. we can stop anytime we want. no really we can.
left to do will be rod holders in the rod locker, rod holders for the back seater ( hey thats me) finish sanding the bottom half of the motor and painting, new batteries, addition of a standard cranking battery. probably a new side mount jack and new steps on the trailer to make it easier to get in and out of boat when we launch. also putting diamond plate in the step areas of the trailer.
one biggy may the removal of the starboard side fuel tank. it would give us more room for the batteries and charger and better access to the all the wiring coming from the front. the way we fish anymore doesn't require a 52 gallon capability. one 26 gallon tank will be plenty and then some. if we take it out we'll keep it just in case anything changes. one nice thing about a cat is being able to remove the fuel tanks without tearing the boat apart. actually its really easy.
oh well, now that ive come clean i hope we can avoid an intervention.
oh i almost forgot, im working on redesigning the dash and getting all new faria gauges. oh no, its starting again.
honestly though, doing all this work for the most part ourselves and being fortunate enough for it to be coming out looking like it does is an unbelievably satisfying and rewarding experience. id recommend it to anyone.