Started rigging on the transom. I installed a piece of T bolt strut, to mount things on the transom.
I loosiy hung the fuel filter/ shut off valve unit and the duel oil filter.




I needed to find a place to mount the hydraulic diverter pump. I was going to mount on the stringer with thru bolts. but on the bilge side there isn't enough room between the jet pump and on the side with the tank the rise of the hull causes the bracket bolt holes to be too far to the top of the stringer. My only option was to mount to the transom, but I didn't want to just rely on screws into the wood, to hold it. So I needed to fab up a bracket.
There are some holes in the transom that were previously used for swim steps. I am going to have to plug them with bolts any way and I don't want to drill any more, so i am going to utilize them.

These are the holes that I will use.




Here is the bracket I fabed up.





Ooops! I screwed up and drilled the holes with the wrong spacing.
Good thing they wont be seen with the diverter pump in place.





I used spacers to stand off the back up plate and support bracket, to clear the thru bolts to the main mounting plate.









I got the carpet done.
I am a marble setter and work at a casino, running the tile and carpet shop. so I have to do a little carpet at work, but I gotta tell you, that doing carpet in a boat, is nothing like doing it on a flat floor. It is hard work, crawling around on and over the stringers, trying not to step on the carpet, and not getting glue all over the place.
What's more is that tying to install carpet in a boat with contact cement, sprayed from a spray gun, when it is warm out, is a straight up pain in the fu@#&%*#ing ass!
The carpet sticks as soon as you lay it back down, and god forbid if it is not in the right place or has a wrinkle in it.
I used the contact cement, when I did the Kona, and that was a nightmare then and for me it didn't stick very well after a while. It is probably due to the heat here in Vegas, drying it out too fast.
I started, today, with the contact cement and quickly abandoned that idea and went to the Depot and got some spreadable outdoor glue.
Any way, I got it done and am really happy with the way it turned out. I really like the way the carpet looks with the gel coated stringers.











I finally got My rail kit back from them slow ass powder coaters. Now I can finally get the engine in the boat.