lol lol !!! The closer I look I realize that JC is standing on the high side of the street.:grinser010:

Nice build! the side profile looks HOT!!
Just curious you gonna be able to grab the sticks comfortably in the idle position? they look like thery're just about touching the seat arm rest...

the seat is getting moved back 2 inches.....

Thank you...really excited to see it coming together. Had a very good planning session with George yesterday, and hope to have some pics of it up tonight. We kicked around a bunch of ideas, and wound up changing some things we initially thought we were going to do....part of the fun of it

The seat is going to be moved back about 1-2 inches, it is only screwed down with two screws right now, will give me more room for throttle at idle and a little more room to stretch the legs

...in addition to moving the seats back, can the center console be moved forward also?

It might give you a total space of about 3 to 4 inches.

...another option would be to just return the current Livorsi controls and exchange for the new short throw controls...

http://mercuryracing.com/1300/control/

...a third option would be to adjust the seats themselves.

Bring back to upholstery guys and shave off a small section of the stbd and port seats. This would mean doing the following:

1. remove the upholstery
2. cut the fiberglass seats
3. return upholstery following the new contours of the seats

look at the black line in the pic...

All definitly options, but moving it back the two inches probably the easiest (JX and Rick didnt 'lock it down' for that exact reason). Moving console forward would mean drilling a bunch of new holes which I would prefer not to do

Moving them back will also work well because the way JC/Rick set it up, your hand lays nice and easy on the side of the seat and you can throttle without wearing out your arm

Noli- did you get that throttle for the 34'? That looks like a nice piece

no I didn't get these. was too late.

Steve had already installed the controls in by the time I found out about these.

cool lookin' though huh?

Yea, I like it. Will you be running the 34' at all before selling?

Yes! :)


Only during those times when Tony and crew will be dialing her in. Otherwise the 34 will be parked in the For-Sale lot at Ocean.



noli

If they want a 'consumer opinion', let me know and I will drive over :coolcowboy:

Definitely Sean! I will give you a call.

Would love to have you in the 34 during testing. Please note that there won't be any seats yet. She will go back to the SB factory for upholstery after the rigging is complete. I wanted Steve to have all of the space that he can have during the rigging.

Nice..what color you doing the seats in?

A good day at accurate yesterday....

First some shots of the new vessel sleeping in the corner
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4498.jpg

Deciding on were the key switches will go...

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4504.jpg

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4502.jpg

Kill switch placement, there will be a kill switch for passenger and driver

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4501.jpg

GPS positioning....

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4506.jpg


The original idea for placement of gauges (going with two water pressure, two water temp and one gas) was going to be to the right of the gps with angled bezels towards the driver

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4508.jpg

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4509.jpg

Then we layed the template for the vessel view...

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4510.jpg

And then we realized...hey, maybe enough room for 4 of the give gauges next to the vessel view..

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4512.jpg

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4511.jpg

But we didnt get a real feel for it with the angled bezels, so George grabbed some flat bezels lying around the shop...

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4513.jpg

Next..kicking around some ideas for placement of the radio remote...

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4514.jpg

The dash layout with tape

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4515.jpg

Then we swung around to the front side of the console....

We decided pretty quickly that the batteries and oil tanks will go in the console..plenty of room, and this will leave the back hatch are open for some storage, maybe the secondary anchor and some lines

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4520.jpg

A variation we played with....

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4519.jpg

We finally decided on oil tanks in the front (this way I am not spilling oil on batteries when I fill them), then batteries behind (still deciding on two batteries, or going with three batteries..one cranking for each engine and a house battery-leaning in this direction)

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4521.jpg

The stereo will be mounted into the bulkhead, and controlled via the remote on the dash, so no big cutout for the stereo in he dash itself....

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4522.jpg

The ipod receiver will be mounted above the radio....

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4524.jpg

The battery switches will be mounted above the radio...we kicked around having them under the dash for easy access, but then George pointed out it might be good to have them under the console, so you have to open the console to turn them on...which means you can take a quick peak at your oil levels as well...just one of those little things that makes sure you dont do anything dumb.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...i/IMG_4525.jpg

And in another two weeks or so...they start cutting holes. The next decesion is ....stainless steel plate on the back or no stainless steel plate..I am leaning for the plate

mostly white with silver stripes

Rigging is starting out awesome!!!

I like the iPod. Should be a standard on all fun toys.

BMW has made it an option in all their cars.

What?... No crapper in the helm...:lolhit:... only kidding. I know, thats what the motor well is for...I think moving the seat back should do the trick. On my seats I use every inch of the arm rest and the some

Coen had a 21' CC I/O in the shop a little while ago, nice rig...had a porta potti in the helm(thing had a draw curtain that came down when y ou raised the console hatch) and a kicker motor stowed in the engine compartment.....I think the guy should have asked coen to build him a houseboat :)

George & Sean,

Any updates with the cat ? 30CC ? ...noli

Marsha, Marsha, Marsha !!! LOL We can't talk about that " other " boat on the Superboat thread anymore. Nothing is going on with Seans boat for at least a week. When Accurate Marine starts, we'll all be the first to know.

Noli- look at the bright side....there is a skater out there with your name on it, and there is a classified ad ready to be placed when you decide to sell it 9 minutes after you take delivery:party-smiley-004::evilb::grinser010::)

Boat is nice and snug in the corner at accurate marine, week or two before work begins, actually works out nice because my first two weekends in april got booked up with committments, and I would have gone stir crazy if she was ready to launch and I was at some distant cousins wedding listening to an aunt I havent talked to in ten years telling me about how the music is too loud :drink:

9 minutes, you think that long !!!! lol lol.:evilb:

sorry for the lack of pics and updates...been crazy at the shop...skaters coming along just taking a bit longer than i expected...I didnt like a few things during the rigging and changed directions so i wasted a bit of time but thats the world of High Performance rigging...gotta keep it nice...

I have come up with a couple of ideas on seans boat for what i want to do and i think its gonna be awesome...

and yes you guys will be the first toi know when the rigging starts (right after sean)....hopefully i will remember my camera for updates as i have had my camera at the shop to take pics of the skater except i keep leaving it under the dash when i go home LOL.....

George- I will give you a shout tomorrow..want to hear some of the ideas! Nice weather definitly getting me motivated

A quick shot Rick took this weekend....

Nice
 

Cant wait for a ride. I might be up earlier than expected for work. What do you think is the initial launch date?

Very good, when do you think? You bringing my goddaughter up? End of April launch date!

Dont know when I will be up but hopefully shortly after the maiden launch. Cant wait to see the rigging.

Sean, any word when rigging will start?

there may be a small hold up on the rigging due to me being in the hospital a couple days this week with some Heart trouble:eek::eek::eek:...hope to be back on track next week....i will keep you all posted as promised....

George- feel better my man, give me a shout tomorrow

Hope your feeling better George.

Rigging has started.................

you must be happy as a pig in $hit !!

I Would Have Had It Done 2 Weeks Ago

those setbacks look really mean!


Keep the pics comin' ...noli

Looking nice Sean, when do expect to splash ???:grinser010:

Hopefully mid May, George and I are going by Accurate today to go over some things, maybe drill some holes, so should have some pics tonight