Dashboard upgrade & refresh on scorpion rib

This recent project was created for the customers requirements which were:

• New Raymarine axiom 9 chartplotter
• New VHF with built in GPS
• New sound system
• Extra switching for future additions
• USB charger

We started out by testing then removing everything in the dashboard, the trim displays, VHF & stereo were all non working. The fused switch panel had a lot of corrosion & the volt meter was unnecessary.

We then made a template on the boat with cardboard for the location of the engine controls, the passenger handle and all centralised around the steering wheel location.

We then laid out and marked out locations for all the new items to be mounted and all centralised and even, the owner agreed on an Icom IC-M330 with built in GPS, New Fusion RA-210 stereo head unit, USB C fast charger with volt meter and a set of 6 waterproof switches set in a stainless steel panel with matching carbon effect wrap.

After cutting all the items out of the laminated engraving plastic, we used to create the panel, we took it back to the boat and marked all the holes on the dashboard and cut out anything new that required to be cutout of the original dashboard.

Now back in the workshop we wrapped the dashboard in 3M textured vinyl in a Carbon Fibre finish.

Back on the boat, we mounted the dashboard panel with a silicone bead all around the edges and around instrument holes to seal.

Fitted all the dashboard equipment back in and mounted properly with seals, we created an NMEA backbone & linked all the newly installed equipment together on a single network.

Reconnected everything through the new switch panel, navigation lights, bilge pump, stereo, VHF, chart plotter.

USB charger & NMEA backbone are switched on via the battery switch.

**black carling switch mounts were out of stock locally, we had to fit them the next day after they had arrived from order with another stockist (the reason they are angled in the final photo).