what i am doing is i have taken EVERYTHING OUT out of the boat and am giving her a total makeover i have 3/4" black starboard to start fresh with the dash new gauges and new swithches all lighted never had lighted dash before always shined a flash light on it. i am redoing the deck new rod boxes i am going to flush mount the vhf gps and xm radio i will have a hard wired control for the radio and new compass. then i will most likly put a new electrical system in as well as a new prop then i will fix anything else that is wrong with the boat i am having the local mechinics shop do the work they are called NORFOLK MARINE and i now the guy personally before he started fixing my boat so i now he is fair and wont sell me any thing i dont need. i think this is a preety invasive restoration. :o :o