[Captain_Lee]

Thanks Tom , I will heed your advice and do a little more research before I do any major upgrades . I have been on a 35 Sovaran that had a 36,000 BTU AC under the seat . At least that is what the sales person told me . Anyway , it felt very very nice at the helm . And there was no eisenglass enclosure to keep the AC contained . CRACKERJACK is scheduled to be shipped down here from Annapolis MD next week . I am starting to get somewhat excited about her arrival . Thanks for the info !!!

                                                                        Rich

Hi Rich, I see you are in Cape Coral as well... you are right to want to cool that helm area down, it can get ridiculously hot here in the Summer!  I have used Felix Marine locally for work on a number of my boats, they have a younger guy named Yanni that works for them on their HVAC stuff, and he is quite good.  One other thing you'll want to do if electing to install a/c at the helm is to DECREASE the area it's cooling.  I had a drop down stamoid canvas enclosure made by Captain Canvas locally, as I am in the process of adding helm a/c to my boat too.  Feel free to contact me privately if you'd like to meet up locally and take a look at my boat to see what I'm talking about.  It's at Tarpon Point Marina on B Dock.  Having the enclosure installed this week!