Small refit Merry Fisher 805

[Bouba]

I agree with all the sentiments above.....I’m just amazed that there aren’t MF805 owners queuing around your block asking you to do their boat....

 

[FirstMate II]

Jakew
That is a labour of love . Well done and thanks for posting, time for the high seas now

 

[Pleinmont]

I bet you're glad to put down the spanners and 3D printer but personally I'm a bit gutted this thread has come to an end as I've avidly watched your progress over the last 18months!
Incredible job... Getting stuff like the windows and electronics etc sorted looked about 10 levels of professional ability above my basic tinkering skills.

Respect for the vision, commitment and ability to get her fully refurbed to what looks like better than a factory finish. Hope she gives you many years of happy boating.

 

[Bouba]

I bet you're glad to put down the spanners and 3D printer but personally I'm a bit gutted this thread has come to an end as I've avidly watched your progress over the last 18months!
Incredible job... Getting stuff like the windows and electronics etc sorted looked about 10 levels of professional ability above my basic tinkering skills.

Respect for the vision, commitment and ability to get her fully refurbed to what looks like better than a factory finish. Hope she gives you many years of happy boating.

It’s our job to persuade Jake to buy another boat

 

[Mr Googler]

It’s our job to persuade Jake to buy another boat

Like a knackered swift trawler with an engine oil leak, rough fuel tank and dodgy passerelle?

 

[Bouba]

Like a knackered swift trawler with an engine oil leak, rough fuel tank and dodgy passerelle?

I bought the boat new !....and have done some amazing modifications !...I can launch the rib automatically....I have an electric reclining sofa....that works even without power

 

[Mr Googler]

I bought the boat new !....and have done some amazing modifications !...I can launch the rib automatically....I have an electric reclining sofa....that works even without power

I don’t think when something breaks, snaps or collapses resulting in your tender going over the side…..it can be termed “automatic”

 

[Bouba]

I don’t think when something breaks, snaps or collapses resulting in your tender going over the side…..it can be termed “automatic”

When I got the boat, the derrick for launching the dingy had a manual self tailing winch....which meant to launch a boat you had to do a dance of lifting the arm by winch handle, tying off the rope, putting the other rope through the winch and then turning.....and then tying off the rope and repeating endlessly as you make major and minor adjustments.....all the while controlling the swinging boat with your extremely long third arm.
I replaced the single self tailing winch with two remote controlled 12v winches....along with a battery and solar panel. Now I can launch the dingy, concentrating solely on controlling the dingy in mid air....which I can do from the flybridge or in the cockpit

 

[Bouba]

I don’t think when something breaks, snaps or collapses resulting in your tender going over the side…..it can be termed “automatic”

But I think my two best modifications (of the many I have done) is the electric sofa (takes fighting over the original single two man sofa which only offered (barely) comfort for one, to an extremely comfortable almost fully reclining for two...all in the same footprint). The other is the bed....it was not an island....and that becomes extremely difficult to get out of in the middle of the night and even making the bed is difficult.....I cut a slot in the middle of the end of the bed and put a step in....now getting in and out of bed is a doddle...even making the bed is easy, as is opening all the bedroom windows. Perfect for the gentleman with the out sized prostate.
The passerelle was a major installation....and I even made a handhold which is actually also a flagpole. Increased the surface area in the kitchen...and little stuff like replacing heavy batteries with two smaller batteries in parallel.
The object is always the same....to make a small boat into a big boat by increasing comfort and convenience

 

[jakew009]

So close yet so far. Launch delayed for a few days.

Put the ever berth back together. Will wrap in here over the winter can’t be bothered with it now.



This was about the only place I could find that wasn’t affected by metal. And one of my dodgy seatalkng adapter cables.


Drilled the holes for the seat


Fitted prsss studs for the curtains, what a pig of a job.
Also the new window trims, I lose the original aluminium ones somehow so had to make new. But I think I prefer these to the originals.


Then glued the worktop down


Then fitted the seat mechanism



She’s looking much better


Started fitting the new toilette


Cable fishing


Last couple of cat5 cables for radar and PC network connection.


Then started on the big polish


I hate polishing


Still need to do something with these things. Annoyingly you can’t take them off as it’s impossible to get to the screws behind.


Chucked the floor back down. Quite emotional as it was the first bit I pulled out.


Galley looking much smarter


Messed around with the latch on this for ages


Cleaned the seat up


I’m pleased with the new dashboard


My time spent labelling screws as I took them out has saved time. But I seem to have a lot of screws left over

 

[jakew009]

Test fitted the curtains




Press studs hold the triangle bit in place and also hold the front windscreen curtain up


This was all wrapped




Sealed up the eberspacher exhaust with some high temperature silicon, not sure if it will work


And this end


Ordered some JCS Hi-Torque jubilee clips as the standard ones couldn’t crush the exhaust pipe down enough


Then started clipping up the water intake


So many clips, I’m sure this double clipping malarkey is a waste of time


Went and washed the water intake pipe as it was covered in polish, I’ve wasted time on every single other aspect of this refurb so why break the habit


The gearbox cooler could do with some paint but that can wait


The Vetus strainer isn’t big enough for double clipping so had to go with single clips there


I used exhaust pipe for the water intake because hopefully that will last a bit longer if there was ever something hot that came in contact with it. And it’s designed to be easy enough to pull the hose off the through hull if it ever blocks.



Then played thread the cable through the conduit for the solar panels



Then started fishing it through around the cabin head liner to the other side.


Doh spot the mistake


Nearly finished in the bilge


This is looking up inside the pillar behind the ladder. You can see the back of the nav light

 

[jakew009]

Crimped the end of the solar wires



Can’t stand dodgy crimps


Then terminated the other end in the battery locker


I like ferrules too


Connected to the charger








Toilet in, waiting for a 1-1/2” to 1” reducer. The kit says it came with one but no it doesn’t.


Kitchen sink plumbed up, still need to pressure test and check for leaks everywhere


I’m going to replace the shower switch with 3 carling contura switches. One for toilet one for shower drain one for light. The switch panel that came with the toilet is an abomination.


I need to make an infill for the sink when it’s not being used



Everything takes so long in a boat. Drill hole. Countersink hole. Fill hole with sikaflex


Then finally put screw in hole. All just to hold a poxy cable tie base.


Made this sheet metal thing to prevent the exhaust pipe from crushing the heater pipe. And so as I can keep the exhaust out the way of the transom shower hose.


Had to glue it to some strips of wood as the transom isn’t thick enough to screw into. The clamp came in useful to hold it there

 

[jakew009]

Fitted the Fusion radio



Fitted speakers. The previous idiot who drilled the holes for the speaker cut them too high so they don’t quite sit flush but I might try and 3D print a spacer ring.


Just a few wires to finish in here.

 

[jakew009]

Man the last few jobs have been endless.

Started tidying up the electrical cupboard now that pretty much everything is fitted


Made a new piece of sound deadening foam, might make it again not very impressed with my cutting



Started fitting the toilet, instructions were wrong it said 38mm outlet it was actually only 32


I need to fit a holding tank at some point so just used cheap hose for the outlet for now


Still need to fix the leak under the sink...


Fitted



Setup the tank sensors for fresh water and diesel



Got the Albacombi engine gateway working


Quite pleased with how the new navigation screens look


Realised that 'feather' was a terrible colour for cushions if you are still working on the boat, so made some sleeves to protect them.



Note to self do not buy white fabric ever again


Got the Maretron stuff setup so I have water in fuel and bilge pump alarms. You get a warning if the bilge pumps are switched off (it should always be in auto) and also an alarm if they start pumping.
Also fitted a separate high bilge alarm (basically sinking at that point).


Put some new switches in the head for lights, shower pump drain and toilet because the seaflow one that came with the toilet was horrible looking.



Then wired it all up. Still need to vinyl wrap this worktop.


Made a new grate out of HDPE for the swim platform ladder cover. The old wooden one was rotten beyond repair. Then resealed all the screws holding the ladder and the hinges on.

 

[jakew009]

Made a bracket for the auto fire extinguisher in the engine bay


Mounted it with great difficulty


And fitted the clean agent fire extinguisher



Fitted the water in fuel sensor which connects up to the Maretron stuff


Then primed the fuel system again


Also did a million other small jobs like bleeding steering, cleaning, resealing all the external fittings, tidying up / fixing back wires etc. Tested all the pumbing and electrics. Got all the nav gear working.

It is basically complete now, all I have left to do:

- fit the Maretron fuel flow monitoring system I bought on eBay the other week
- fit the radar (still haven't made the bracket though, that can wait). All the wiring is there.
- Put all the cushions back in the boat
- Put vinyl name on transom
- Few other odds and sods.

 

[Bouba]

Incredible !.....and if you make me feel guilty....Heaven knows how Mr Googler must feel....after you have exposed him as a lazy good for nothing

 

[Dino]

Great job, some very tasty work there and great attention to detail.

 

[Mr Googler]

Beautiful job! Great attention to detail.

 

[njrs_123]

Evening Jake, fantastic work as always and I will be sad to see this thread come to an end. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be lifting my 805 out of the water for the winter months, and in doing so, hope to follow your lead and install some similar upgrades. As such, I was wondering whether you had managed to get your wiring diagram into a suitable format to share? If so, could I possibly get a copy, so I can consider some of the equipment changes you fitted and associated wiring. Happy to provide an email address if that’s a better option for sending over? I’m particularly interested in the victron equipment you installed, but equally would also welcome the opportunity to see how you rewired everything and the complete setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated and would assist no end, when seeking to explain my vision to those who have kindly offered to assist me. Kind regards.

 

[Bouba]

Evening Jake, fantastic work as always and I will be sad to see this thread come to an end. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be lifting my 805 out of the water for the winter months, and in doing so, hope to follow your lead and install some similar upgrades. As such, I was wondering whether you had managed to get your wiring diagram into a suitable format to share? If so, could I possibly get a copy, so I can consider some of the equipment changes you fitted and associated wiring. Happy to provide an email address if that’s a better option for sending over? I’m particularly interested in the victron equipment you installed, but equally would also welcome the opportunity to see how you rewired everything and the complete setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated and would assist no end, when seeking to explain my vision to those who have kindly offered to assist me. Kind regards.

What I would do is take your boat out the water and park it in front of Jake’s factory….people like him and Mr G, can’t help themselves…they would be all over the boat cleaning and fixing….why do you think Mr G has never accepted my invitation to visit ?