Congratulations, Don. Looks like a fun little boat.

Don White wrote:
Only downside... no instruments.....not required at the cottage I guess.

I'd consider getting a small ditty bag of hand held instruments. A VHF
and GPS and even a depthsounder, maybe a bearing compass. That way you
don't have to cut holes in the boat, introduce the problem of boat
wiring & battery power, and you can take them with you on other
occasions off the boat, and you can upgrade them much more easily.

Also I'd consider mounting a compass, probably one of the mast mounts.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Thanks Doug...I have a Standard Horizon 460S VHF, an older Magellan 315 gps
and a Plasimo Iris 50 hand bearing compass. I was thinking of some kind of
depth sounder but was concerned about drilling through the hull. Does the
kind you hang off the stern work well? I guess on a slow moving sailboat (5
knots tops) it wouldn't be as big a problem as on a faster moving boat.
I probably would install a bulkhead type compass that lights up in the dark
(Saturn or Ritchie brand??)
Now I have to buy a battery. The boat didn't come with one but has a built
in shelf, hold-down strap and connection wires. My 6 hp yachtwin has a
charger.