New One Man Boat

[yoderjac]

I did some more work on the MegaLive2 pole this morning. First, I took a piece of 3/4" schedule 40 PVC to the belt sander. The OD is just a bit to big to fit into the 1"EMT. About 4" of the inner EMT sticks out the bottom of the outer EMT where the transducer will attach. I want to make sure the trolling motor mount does not crush the EMT when I tighten it. I figure if I has as much of the 3/4 inch pipe above that seam as below it, there won't be a weak spot, so I measured about 8" of the 3/4" PVC. I then sanded that 8" with a belt sander so it fits pretty snugly into the inner EMT.

I then put cement as far into the inner EMT as I could reach with the applicator and covered the full 8" + of the 3/4" PVC. I inserted the PVC into the EMT.

Once dry, I will cut off the PVC at the end of the EMT.

Next I worked on the mount. I used woodscrews to attach the fish finder head mount base to the teak board. I had to take the washers and flatten one side on the grinder to make sure they would fit next to the base to support the thumbscrews.

The next picture shows a mockup of how the fish finder head mount will be used to hold the pole and attach to the boat rail:

 

[yoderjac]

Ever since I purchased the NRS Approach 100, even before putting it on the water, one of the chambers has had a slow leak. It would take week or more to evidence itself, so it was tiny. I've been working service and trying to find it. After the boat sits for a week or so, one of the chambers looks like this:

I have sprayed the seams with soapy water several times and could not find the leak. I am hoping to get back on the water today or tomorrow, so I decided to pump it up. The spec is 2.0-2.5 psi, so I pumped it up to 3.0 hoping this would help me find the leak. It did!