some ppl spend big $s and buy aluminum bleacher planks to save a little weight. I'm cheap so I went with weather treated 2x10s. The U bolts if I remember right are 3 inchers except over the motor mount corner where I went to a 4 incher. I put several coats of exterior paint on them after a good sanding. The rear starboard board I extended out longer to use as a step into and out of the cockpit. The dodger/windshield makes stepping right over from the front cockpit a no go and I have to go around it. Each corner got a cleat also which comes in real handy. Being here in Texas I think the wood is better in the grueling sun here because it doesn't conduct heat like a metal plank would. You have to decide if you want to mount the boards on top of the cross bars or under them. I went with under so the boards would blend to the cockpit sides better. That also puts the ugly nut side of the U bolts underneath and the smooth rounded part up where we sit. I took a grinder to the U bolts cutting off the excess and smoothing them out and they haven't hurt the trampolines at all. Thank for the question and watching my videos, If you need more info just hit me back. I'm doing a video this week installing the new plastic mast gate from MastGates.com. I wasn't real impressed with the old metal style from them but have high hopes on the new version. Talk to you later, Zig
Hey Ziggy! I'm a new Windrider 17 owner, and just took it out for a few days. I noticed in another video your beam stays up when your main sail is down. Do your lazy jacks do this? I can't find a diagram for the lazy jacks for the Windrider. Thanks!
the lazy jacks do it and I have a topping lift too. Windrider sells the jacks but do what i did, buy your own line etc,. Windrider has a list of components and line lengths listed in their kit you can cheat from. they attach to the mast on either side of the jib. I'll leave the link. thanks for the shout! Zig www.nickelsboatworks.com/collections/wr17-parts/products/lazy-jack
I got it in Amazon. It works great. But after a cpl ofvyrs with it I have never really had to use it. Maybe anchored out off shore but I'm always up on the beach. If I were to do itvaha8n I wouldn't have installed it. But thats me, heres the link to the light. Zig. www.amazon.com/dp/B0756ZX31C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_R323T78N6S6RG135H68J?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Ziggy I like your videos! Keep them coming. With the WR17 primarily a day sailor, I'm not certain if it required to have fixed navigation lights. Possibly a 'portable/clamp on combo red/green light may suffice. Would you know for certain. It looks like you used 'real' USCG approved lights? What did you use for navigation lights? Were they USCG approved? Thanks Lucky
Clamp on lights work fine. Just higher maintenance especially if you dont use them much. I think back to the clamp ons I carried in my dingy. Seemed to always be dying or dead..... I went with wired cause the power was present. I doubt I would add power just for nav lites. I almost always seem to be pulling up to my dock just after sunset . The fishing boats flying by on plane up and down my creek makes me want to be loud and proud in the dark. Thanks for the compliment.
I used LED USCG approved lights I bought on Amazon. Real low draw and bright as all heck. Clamp ons are legal as long as the batteries are good. (Always carry spare batts and make sure both lites take the same size batteries) .
Hi Ziggy, greetings from Scotland. I’m interested in some of your upgrades, namely the windscreen and heightening the seat. My interest was piqued when you said you were 6’4” and 320 lbs. I’m 6’2” and about 50lbs lighter. I was beginning to think I was just too big for the rear seat until I saw your video. How did you remove the rear seat to raise it? When this Coronavirus is over Ill be making the windscreen.
hey Don, thanks for the comment. since that video I bicycled my fat ass down to 285 pounds. big difference. take the pad off the seat and you will see the 4 mounting carriage bolts. just loosen them up and slide the seat forward to get it to lift out. I used a cpl of pieces of weather treated 4x4 post left over from a yard project laid on their side for the riser. I placed them sideways across the cockpit so stuff I set between my legs don't slide right back to the bilge behind the seat. If I remember right I pulled the floor out and screwed the wood into place from the bottom then used deck screws and washers to attach the seat to the top of the wood. It really made getting in and out a lot easier and I can see over the windshield better too.
Very simple but clever fixes for your boat!
These are great...so appreciated.
Glad you like them!
Ziggy I just found your Wiring video! It answered my questions! Great Video!! :)
Thanks for sharing with us Senor, as always great video... you ever down by the Yucatán Peninsula let us know we'll be glad to buy you a beer
Thanks for making this video
thank you for the shout out, it means a lot, Zig
Great video
Love your videos, Ziggy. Thanks for sharing. Please describe your white side boards. What material and how attached?
some ppl spend big $s and buy aluminum bleacher planks to save a little weight. I'm cheap so I went with weather treated 2x10s. The U bolts if I remember right are 3 inchers except over the motor mount corner where I went to a 4 incher. I put several coats of exterior paint on them after a good sanding. The rear starboard board I extended out longer to use as a step into and out of the cockpit. The dodger/windshield makes stepping right over from the front cockpit a no go and I have to go around it. Each corner got a cleat also which comes in real handy. Being here in Texas I think the wood is better in the grueling sun here because it doesn't conduct heat like a metal plank would. You have to decide if you want to mount the boards on top of the cross bars or under them. I went with under so the boards would blend to the cockpit sides better. That also puts the ugly nut side of the U bolts underneath and the smooth rounded part up where we sit. I took a grinder to the U bolts cutting off the excess and smoothing them out and they haven't hurt the trampolines at all.
Thank for the question and watching my videos, If you need more info just hit me back. I'm doing a video this week installing the new plastic mast gate from MastGates.com. I wasn't real impressed with the old metal style from them but have high hopes on the new version. Talk to you later, Zig
Hey Ziggy! I'm a new Windrider 17 owner, and just took it out for a few days. I noticed in another video your beam stays up when your main sail is down. Do your lazy jacks do this? I can't find a diagram for the lazy jacks for the Windrider. Thanks!
the lazy jacks do it and I have a topping lift too. Windrider sells the jacks but do what i did, buy your own line etc,. Windrider has a list of components and line lengths listed in their kit you can cheat from. they attach to the mast on either side of the jib. I'll leave the link. thanks for the shout! Zig
www.nickelsboatworks.com/collections/wr17-parts/products/lazy-jack
What brand of masthead light did you install?
I got it in Amazon. It works great. But after a cpl ofvyrs with it I have never really had to use it. Maybe anchored out off shore but I'm always up on the beach. If I were to do itvaha8n I wouldn't have installed it.
But thats me, heres the link to the light. Zig.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0756ZX31C/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_R323T78N6S6RG135H68J?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Ziggy I like your videos! Keep them coming. With the WR17 primarily a day sailor, I'm not certain if it required to have fixed navigation lights. Possibly a 'portable/clamp on combo red/green light may suffice. Would you know for certain. It looks like you used 'real' USCG approved lights? What did you use for navigation lights? Were they USCG approved? Thanks Lucky
Clamp on lights work fine. Just higher maintenance especially if you dont use them much. I think back to the clamp ons I carried in my dingy. Seemed to always be dying or dead.....
I went with wired cause the power was present. I doubt I would add power just for nav lites. I almost always seem to be pulling up to my dock just after sunset . The fishing boats flying by on plane up and down my creek makes me want to be loud and proud in the dark. Thanks for the compliment.
I used LED USCG approved lights I bought on Amazon. Real low draw and bright as all heck. Clamp ons are legal as long as the batteries are good. (Always carry spare batts and make sure both lites take the same size batteries) .
@@ZiggyLavengood I'm just getting around to installing USCG approved nav lights! Thanks for all your help. Smooth sailing!
@@lucianojcovati3266 Thanks for keeping me updated!
Ziggy I just bought a Suzuki 2.5 outboard for my windrider 17 will the long shaft be Ok?
most ppl run the short shaft but you will be fine.
@@ZiggyLavengood Do you think I should call them before they ship the long shaft and order the short shaft?
@@cactusdancer yes. the long shaft when swung up out of the water will dip into the waves and splash you.
@@ZiggyLavengood Thanks Ziggy I got it changed before they sent it out.
Hi Ziggy, greetings from Scotland.
I’m interested in some of your upgrades, namely the windscreen and heightening the seat.
My interest was piqued when you said you were 6’4” and 320 lbs. I’m 6’2” and about 50lbs lighter. I was beginning to think I was just too big for the rear seat until I saw your video. How did you remove the rear seat to raise it? When this Coronavirus is over Ill be making the windscreen.
hey Don, thanks for the comment. since that video I bicycled my fat ass down to 285 pounds. big difference. take the pad off the seat and you will see the 4 mounting carriage bolts. just loosen them up and slide the seat forward to get it to lift out.
I used a cpl of pieces of weather treated 4x4 post left over from a yard project laid on their side for the riser. I placed them sideways across the cockpit so stuff I set between my legs don't slide right back to the bilge behind the seat.
If I remember right I pulled the floor out and screwed the wood into place from the bottom then used deck screws and washers to attach the seat to the top of the wood.
It really made getting in and out a lot easier and I can see over the windshield better too.