Finished on the Fly Bridge for now

Had some good weather this weekend and was able to finally finish off the fly bridge wiring. The radar is now mounted on its own pedestal on the port side and the GPS on the right.  There really isn't any room to mount navigation displays anywhere else on this boat.

Then we fired up the Icom radio and tested for reflected energy. Looked pretty good at 1:1.2 so I think that installation is finished.

While we were spending all that time upside down under the upper steering station, we removed the access door and cleaned it up a little.  (Silveron saved some money by not using hinges but it fits OK) The lock was frozen so we replaced that. Frances donated a really nice speaker and we mounted it in the door and then connected it to the Icom VHF radio. Amazing how clear the radio sounds with a good speaker.

We're not fans of the usual marine 8 ft. fiberglass antennas because we like to know that when we pick up the mic, we'll get the best performance possible from our radio. A good alternative - and one that doesn't cost as much as a Shakespeare fiberglass antenna  - is the GAM Electronics SS-2 antenna. http://www.gamelectronicsinc.com/  It's only 35 inches long and ideally mounts on a fiberglass extension mast and Gam Electronics makes a nice adapter that allows that. Makes a nice, clean installation with no wires showing. This is what it looks like installed. Not a good picture but you get the idea.

Now it's down to install the shower sump.  This should be fun.