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- Welcome to the walkthrough series
by The Multihull Group
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In this episode, Rowan McMahon gives us an impromptu look
at an owner's Lagoon 46 upgrades.
Despite not having our typical camera gear
Rowan wanted to show anyone interested
the possibilities for a Lagoon 46.
Enjoy.
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- [Rowan] Alright, guys, I want to take you through
some aftermarket things we have done recently
on a new commissioned Lagoon 46.
I'll take you for a little walk through
point out what we've done,
and hopefully this can help anyone
with future projects
or upgrades to their Lagoons.
From underneath here you can see
there is a nice little stainless supports.
Now, what was quite big to the owner of this boat
is having everything aesthetically right.
So as you'll see, the gauge
of the stainless here is the same gauge as the davits.
We also did a nice canvas
that went underneath this framework.
Now this canvas is actually below the solar panels.
It's actually the highest grade stamoid out there.
So it's incredibly tough.
You'll actually see how taut it is
it is incredibly tight
but this was more to give an
aesthetic appearance to the bottom.
We're not looking straight up through the solar panels.
We did notice that the new LG panels
are a bit more transparent.
So the whole objective of this solar array off the rear
was that we gave protection to the dingy
added protection to the inside of the boat
or the back cockpit
and make it waterproof too,
with this canvas we have made this
whole area completely waterproof,
which is very very nice to see
also see there's a camera system up here too.
And some lighting
starting with the lighting we went with the Aqua Luma
spread a lot to very very nice spreader lights
that do flood the whole back of the boat here.
We went with a nice spread of light
so we can later on when the boats up in the Whitsundays
bringing in Marine life to the back of the boat
and also to give a security and safety
when off the boat at night atleast
when you're coming back okay
you can obviously easily see
I have the lights on the back deck here for boarding.
Now with these cameras, we went with a Swann camera.
These are just a domestic or commercial style camera
going through an NVR system for recording
but also we needed that, So for docking purposes,
that can be displayed
on the main helm screen on the chart part of screen
the resolution is incredibly high on these cameras
which is what we wanted.
There's definitely some very nice cameras
through Ray Marine and Navico
very small discrete cameras.
The only downfall with these small cameras
is the lack of resolution.
So these are actually quite cheap.
I think the whole setup for five
or six cameras and NVR system was, was a few hundred bucks.
So, these things only last a couple of years.
It's a very simple unscrew the camera.
If you can zoom in up there about three quarters
of the way up the spreader on either side,
we put a couple of cameras.
Now, these cameras give a very nice view
of the boat from above.
See the dock as you're approaching, coming in.
You've got a full visual on the entire boat.
So when you're at the helm
you can see the two back transom steps
just from, from those two rear cameras.
And you can see down both port and starboard side as well.
Some of the other stainless fabrication that we did
as you see here, we've got a very nice barbeque stand
on the back deck of the boat.
All our stainless was done at the boat works
in which is where our Queensland office
for The Multihull Group is
and used a contractor there, Chris at Shine Stainless,
his work is absolutely perfect
and we're very happy with the outcome
but it's just as simple as this
this barbeque tray can double as a bait board.
The barbeque can be secured onto there.
The owner, wanted a Weber que.
So we've made a very nice sized bait board.
Most important thing even has a cup holder.
The handhold if you're stepping on the back of the boat
here from your dingy, it needs something to hold onto.
So, got a handhold, lots of strong support.
We even ran a bayonet fitting for the, for the gas system.
This runs right under the deck of the boat
and hooks up to the standard gas bottle.
So everything's very, very simple.
The owner wanted to make this whole rear area
fully encapsulated,
not watertight, but waterproof area.
So we put clears all the way around the,
the lower cockpit as well as the Flybridge.
The sun here in Australia is quite tough, as we all know
and to reduce heat and also add privacy,
we added a sun mesh also in the same panel.
So all these can be rolled up.
You can also roll up the, the clears on the outside.
Very big important part
of this upgrade was trying to make
everything still usable
and very easy to operate.
See here on the other side actually goes right over
those stairs up
and makes this whole section waterproof.
This area up here he wants to be able to use
if the kids are all on board with their
friends and have a party
this area here could be an extra few beds.
So having the sunshades
on here was quite important for that reason.
Now what we did here with the forward clear,
as you see it's been folded up and clips into the roof.
We used a strata glass here.
It's a much tougher material.
When I was driving this boat in a
big downpour, it was like looking through glass
so I can attest that it is a very, very good option to
to take a tougher material at the front.
The downside since you can't roll it up.
So hence why we've had to make a quick clip system
into the roof and back remains the same
with a lesser grade clear material.
But once again, you've got a nice roll up system here
straight access out onto the, to the back
of the Flybridge needing to get up onto the roof.
But if you just so, look around this whole area
you just see you've got such a usable area up here now.
Just from the clears even without the sunshade material
this whole area just becomes a second living room.
It's, an area where everybody's gonna come and hang out.
When, when you're underway,
many people believe
that you get a bit segregated having a Flybridge.
And I can tell you
from every time I've been on a Flybridge boat
this is where the party is happening up here.
One of the little smaller upgrades we did
while running cabling up to
the Flybridge and for the cameras
we run an HTMI output from the Flybridge screen.
So if you're down here in the saloon
you can keep an eye on where you're going.
The other really cool thing
is
there's your cameras.
So you can be sitting here watching
the kids swimming off the back deck,
or just for that added a little bit of privacy or security,
looking at the screens here.
If going back through the NVR system
this is where you sort of do it all from, great.
I really do love these, these cameras.
So if you're looking at doing cameras on a boat
don't be afraid from going, going and using a non Marine.