Winter boat projects

[Rmarsh]

With winter upon us and the boat back in the barn, I have begun making some upgrades.

A nice little stereo unit that fits a 3" round hole, 160 Watts 4 channel output, has a jack to accept usb and ipods.

Didn't want to drill large holes anywhere for speakers, so mounted box speakers under the gunwales. Sounds pretty good.

I thought having a pair of oars would be a good idea so I started making some, the pic is of just the glued up blanks, I'll be sculpting them to their final shape next. I'm not planning on rowing this boat, just thought they might be good to have on board.

Going to install some strip led lighting for the interior under the gunwales next. I liked the look of the blue but red is supposed to be better for preserving night vision so I bought one small red unit to see how it looked....still not sure.

Spring is a long way off so I got to keep busy. I have a lot of other improvements in mind.

So what, if anything, will you do to your boat this winter to get ready for next season?