Sea Maid

We ALL need good tunes!

I am adding some sound to the Sea Maid. I need my music! So I ordered a 3' gauge-pod-style Pyle stereo, with LED illuminated speakers. Pyle driver, Enrock Speakers, Marine Grade wiring ordered and delivered. Now it just needs to be a little cooler, and a lot less humid out, for me to do the install!

I'm always willing to help someone out. I have installed probably 50 car stereos of multi-level values - be it expensive or a cheapy hold-over. Either for myself or for friends. I have owned 45 cars and boats, and needed tunes in them all! Want to work with me? Let's build a project together. I can give you a quote. I'll post the finished pic here once I get this install done!

For example: the windscreen could use some love...

• All of the hardware is rusting, the center door has been replaced with plexiglass that is doing that spiderweb thing it loves to do. It could all deal with some attention. I will probably try to have some friends help remove it all in its entirety to ensure that it is sealed appropriately underneath it. The bow area cannot really be walked upon at this time - it's a good thing it has such great space on the aft deck!

I love the amount of wood on the Sea Maid!

• The wood has been varnished... and not really addressed since then - a few years ago - so it is developing white spots and the like, all over.
• My plan, as you may have already read elsewhere on the site is to sand it all down and oil it.
• Every six months or so, as necessary.

On or Offline

• On paper or in the Cloud, I needed a place to store all of the info my brain no longer holds on to, honestly it never really did. Ask me while I'm actively working on it, and I can tell you parts numbers and more. Give it a month away from that project, and I cannot remember ANYTHING! I knew exactly how many and what size screws were missing on this doghouse and deck assembly. Now, I need to figure out what screws were in everything. They were all removed prior to a service that never happened, and only a few were recoverable.

Swimstep is in Distress

• I'll have a Projects page for this one after I complete the Bench. This I blame on a design flaw - very *heavy* usage on it, and it cracked all along the rear spine attachment. There are a lot of resources online of people who have already been through what I am. I use their knowledge to skip to the end - the best methods.