Category: Projects

There are a number of projects we hope to get done in 2017.  Below is a list – so we’ll check back later to see how well we have done. Raymarine Multi Function Display.  (Purchased Thanksgiving Day) Raymarine Radardome installation. Read More …

Here is a list of things we have completed on the boat in 2016. Maxwell HRC 10 Electric Windlass installed Purchased 200′ new chain for windlass LP Gas Solenoid installed LED lights in cockpit Two new AGM 8D batteries New Read More …

We had added two new 8D AGM batteries this past May as the old ones were cooked!  But the existing battery charger was not designed for AGM batteries, so it had to be replaced.  Since we already had a Xantrex Read More …

To add more ambient, efficient lighting in the cockpit I installed LED string lights under the center console edge to light up the area.  I had to fish wire from inside the binnacle pedestal and down to follow the existing Read More …

Since we got the boat we have had difficulties maintaining an adequate flame on the stove and oven.  There is an electrical switch on the instrument panel, and it seemed if you had the stove and oven going at the Read More …

This is a project I’ve wanted to complete for quite some time.  The bilge areas were quite grimy and dirty, and on our old boat it was almost impossible to clean well.  The bilge on Adventures Await is much more Read More …

Replacement of the manual windlass that came with the boat to a new Maxwell HRC 10 electric windlass.  All I need to do yet is the wiring!

Here is a fast-motion video of the VC-17 bottom paint being applied to our boat.  It’s always a pain to do, but very necessary!  It looks so great at the end when the tape is taken off!  

To make it easier, and safer, to climb on and off the boat in the winter, I installed a handle.  We have seen this on other B411’s as well, and it will also be super helpful when climbing up the Read More …