There is approx 6" between the inside and outside gunwale fiberglass pcs. Lots of room for a speaker and reaching/pulling wire!
I here you about being on a budget!
I bought the head deck (sony marine CDX-F50 with rear aux input) and remote (for helm) off ebay, 600 watt amp $90 at walmart, 8" bazzooka tube sub woofer for approx $130-150ish, monster wire approx 20-30 bucks (ran monster wire from amp to all four cockpit speakers), and then my time to install. By doing it myself, I had to pull much of the boat apart and got to see just about everything there is to see and where its at on the boat (pumbing, electrical, ect.). A very worth while project!!
I placed the sub in the small storage compartment in the aft cabin next to the a/c unit. The nice thing about a boat/fiberglass, you can place a sub just about anywhere on the boat and have good results.
I mounted the speakers where I thought they would work best in all situations for us.
Here is a photo with the cabin door open.
White cord under head deck is the aux input for satilite radio, Ipod, MP3, lap top to watch DVD's, ect... cord will pull out aprox 4' and have another 6' extention to reach just about anywhere in cabin.
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