Carolena
Guru
Congrats! Our NT was also bought in Ft Lauderdale and trucked to us (albeit a much shorter trip up I95 to VA). In addition to the stack and mast, we also had to remove the upper deck rails (ours has the tall rails up top). The TV antenna was under the height restriction, so that stayed on the boat - until it blew off somewhere on I95. Apparently they are not designed for 65 MPH. Also did a lot of the same repairs you are doing. Re the genny, our battery had to be replaced. there is no charger for the genny battery becuase, as I understand, it can interfere with the alternator when the genny is running. If you run the genny a lot, you will be fine, but I do suggest putting a small portable smart charger on the battery every now and again to make sure it gets to full voltage. As for starting, assuming it is the same Northern Lights one we have, make sure you hold the glow plug switch for at least 10-20 seconds before trying to start. That made it much easier to get going once we figured that out. Finally, if you haven't subscribed yet, I strongly suggest joining the SENTOA list serve. It is the most active forum for NT owners, and the factory monitors the list. Best factory support I've ever enountered. I asked a question about wiring in a second chart plotter, and the response from the factory was let us check the original schematic for your boat. the then identified an extra DC wire that was already in place that we could tap into without running any additional wires. And this on a 10 year old boat that we didn't buy from them. Did you get the full factory documentaton, including the pictures of when she was first launched and sea trialed?