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  • Freedom 3.0
    Hi Rob,

    Really love your cockpit enclosure. We have a Cutwater 32 LE with outboards. We are going to get a full cockpit enclosure and would greatly appreciate if you could post or send pictures of the interior framing so that we can show our manufacturer what we want. Beautiful boat, beautiful...

autopilot installation

Currently in work. Remove the forward panel directly below the helm on the v berth side. Most access gained there. Remove fridge to get to the NMEA 2000 backbone and to aid in fishing the cables, hoses, wires through. You'll need a fish tape, a helper ( a friend specializing in Avionics helps!), about 20-25 man hours and a lot of paitience. If you're not REALLY comfortable with in depth installations, I wouldn't recommend this. UPDATE: Autopilot installed and functional. Total man hours involved was about 35. Looking back, the actual mounting components and hooking them up is straight forward, access is the clincher. I ran the new hydraulic lines by getting a union and screwing the new hoses to the old and pulling them through with the exception of the third hose. That I taped the fish tape to a new hose, pulled it through and then taped the third hose to the tape and pulled it through the other way. Dock wizard and sea trial wizard is a wiz, functions as it should. Highly recommended! Of all the boats I've had with all the different options, I can easily say autopilot is my favorite.
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Previous owner added drawers, I made doors

Drawers are for sale! Previous owner did a great job installing the drawers but I'd like to be able to sleep an extra person in there. Plus with the doors installed instead of the drawers, I can load up the berth with plastic waterproof see-thru tubs, and pitch them on the back deck when I need the berth for sleeping.
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Raw water to fresh water re rig.

I wanted a way to wash down the interior of the boat with freshwater to hose off fishing gear and fish blood while fishing. Tap into the hose shown here. Ranger supplied parts. This was quite simple. Make sure the hose is warm to aid in installing it over the new fittings.
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Rod rack installation

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Trolling valve installation

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