Port side and Starboard side of Whaler Drive
- Fig. 1. On the port and starboard side of the Whaler Drive these decals warn about using the swim platform or the boarding ladder when the engine is running.
- WhalerDrivePortDecal.jpeg (47.08 KiB) Viewed 26472 times
Center of Whaler Drive
- Fig. 2. On the center of the Whaler Drive where it is attached to the hull transom, this decal advises about the center support tube.
- WhalerDriveCenterDecal.jpg (63.05 KiB) Viewed 26471 times
The fourth decal is located on the center of the inboard face of the Whaler Drive transom and has been damaged. Perhaps this occurred when the center support bar was being removed by the dealer who rigged this boat with a single engine.
Center of Inboard Face of Whaler Drive Transom
- Fig. 3. On the center of the inboard face of the transom of the Whaler Drive, this decal advises about a necessary special tiebar.
- centerWhalerDriveTransom.jpeg (64.48 KiB) Viewed 26471 times
On the Starboard side of the hull transom there is also a decal near the wiring for the grounding or bonding electrode. This decal is no longer visible, and only a remnant of the decal backing material remains. I suspect that this decal probably advised to not disconnect the yellow conductor from the immersed electrode. Actually, the electrode was put in place on the hull before the Whaler Drive was added, so it is more or less impossible to get to this electrode now.
Starboard side decal on hull
- Fig. 4. Remnant of decal probably associated with the bonding or ground circuit (yellow conductor) to the immersed electrode below the water line.
- decalBondingCirciut.jpeg (151.48 KiB) Viewed 26471 times
There is also an interesting circular cover plate on the Whaler Drive on center, which was apparently added when the rigging dealer removed the center support tube. This plate covers the hole where the support tube would have been attached through the Whaler Drive and into the hull transom.
Cover Plate
- Fig. 5. A circular plate covers the hole on the Whaler Drive at the hull transom where the center support tube would have been attached.
- coverPlateForRemovedSupportBar.jpg (51.01 KiB) Viewed 26470 times
After I took this photograph, I looked at the screw head slots and thought perhaps the fasteners were not tight. However, the three screws were all very tight. I believe this plate was installed in the field at the dealership where the engine was rigged on the boat. Because the boat was getting a single engine, the support tube for dual-engine rigging needed to be removed, and the hole covered with this plate. The installer at the dealership would have needed to drill the three holes for the three fasteners for the cover. As you can see, the holes drilled for the screw fasteners are not perfectly aligned with the holes in the cover plate. This is the reason I think this work was NOT done at the factory. (Also, my recent project of cleaning the Whaler Drive had not gotten around to brightening this cover plate, and that is why there is some surface irregularities on the cover.)