Estuary Garvey
- Thread starter RM Anderson
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Matthias,
Thanks! The Garvey came with a movable storage box that can be sat upon but otherwise just movable duck hunting chairs; no pedestal seats as I want to keep an open floor plan. Not sure about USB ports, I will have to investigate. The one thing I need to add is a depth finder/GPS chart plotter as William Reinicke has as suggested for navigation at night. Hoping to shoot the transducer thru the hull near the bilge pump. RM
Matthias
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If you already need a new battery it might be worth considering mounting it in one of those battery boxes that have charging outlets, voltmeter, circuit breaker, etc built in. The boxes add bulk, but with today’s lithium batteries you can choose a much smaller and lighter battery.
Same here, I don’t really care about the fish finding aspect, but depth and navigation is important to me. I will definitely run the Garmin Navionics app on my iPad but not sure yet how to hook that up to a transducer. Maybe also buy the small Garmin Striker Plus 4 for depth duties and as a backup to the iPad.
Matthias,
Great suggestions. The boat came with a two year old wet cell which froze from lack of charge. Lithium batteries scare me a little so I will probably replace it with an AGM which I have always had great luck with.
Admittedly, electronics are my weak spot so I will aim to keep it simple. I will definitely look into that battery box you are talking about; it sounds really cool. Thanks, RM
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Matthias
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This one is cheap and nasty, probably why it came free with the 100ah lithium battery that I got for the boat. There are much better quality and designed battery boxes available. I have a better one at home which contains a deep cycle AGM that I use for 4x4 camping, but as soon as the AGM dies it will be replaced with lithium.
Reputable brand, made in the USA, lithium batteries should be safe and not turn your estuary craft into estuary ashes. After feeling the weight difference between the AGM and lithium, not to mention the charging schedule, I’m definitely a lithium convert!
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I was almost ready to jump on the lithium battery bandwagon but after doing some checking I found out that Yamaha does not recommend lithium for their outboards. In four stroke they recommend either AGM or flooded wet cell. Their two stroke outboards are limited to flooded wet cell. Apparently their charging systems are not compatible.
RM
CPKBasil and Robert
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RM,
Congratulations on the boat!!
I commissioned Dave to build the deck mold for the Garvey 15 in 2019. He delivered the boat in mid-2020, and I’m still thrilled with it.
My boat does have plywood/dynel/epoxy floorboards in the cockpit, but he switched to all-composite soon after.
Photos are available in this thread:
https://duckboats.net/community/threads/new-boat-is-here.333078/
I hope you enjoy her for many years!
Robert
Robert,
Thank you for commissioning the decks! The fact that it was all composite including the floor is what caused me to pull the trigger. I love my wood boats but it is comforting from a buyers perspective to know it will not rot. I'm glad that you still love your boat; pretty sure it will fit my needs perfectly. Thanks also for the blind photos. The guy I purchased it from didn't go over how to set it up because we had such a long drive ahead.
RM
Beautiful boat! Wish I had known it was almost in my backyard. Like so many other things, the timing sucks right now. On the real estate broker side of the coin I have most of my money invested in a home that we renovated and have on the market now. Of course it has to be the worst real estate market since 1995 as far as sales are concerned. Congratulations!
As an aside, what are you seeing in the midwest? Lots of inventory and and sluggish sales? It seems like things are holding here in CT with low inventory and brisk sales.