fitting conundrums

Some additional thoughts ref the bits i've just bought.... what else I am going to need....

For the watermaker:

I'll need the bits to tee into an existing through hull intake. The obvious one is the engine intake.
It will also need an outlet for the brine. This can be above the waterline, so a simple plastic through hull will do for that.
I'll need to sort out a feed to the water tank.... that should be easy, but just need to look at how its done. It needs a diverter of some sort so that the initial run can be fed off overboard until its running clean.
This would also suggest that I should sort out the water tank level gauges... they've never worked properly.... one only goes to a 1/4 tank regardless of levels, and the other flicks over to full regardless of levels.... Its not the end of the world as excess water in the tank will simply spill out of the overflow, but seems daft to be using power to generate water to put it straight back into the sea, so an good indicator might make sense.... maybe a flow meter if the fix for the gauges isn't obvious....

For the SSB:

I'll need to sort out grounding. I don't think the keel is going to be practical. Firstly its a long way from the sensible location for the ATU, and secondly, with a bonded in hull liner, running a copper strap wouldn't be easy, so it'll probably need to be a dynaplate. Upside is that there are plenty of obvious locations for it.
I'll need an aerial. I'm not overly keen on putting isolators in the backstay, so may well go for a long whip aerial... seen them at 7.5m and that seems sensible.
I'll need a pactor modem at some point. It'll have to wait though until i've replenished the funds
Last but not least will be getting an LRC certificate so that I can get sailmail or similar organised

Installation in both cases seems quite straightforward.... behind the aft cabins is a decent sized space that contains the steering gear.... its well underutlised, and certainly has enough space on the port side for the watermaker.... neatly out of the way, and well protected from the elements.

For the SSB, the ATU can go in the starboard equivalent.... again, well protected, and in this case, just a metre or so from the optimal location for a grounding plate, as well as very close (30cm?) from the ideal mounting point for a whip antenna. There is easy access to the inside of the hull to run the copper strip which can also be quickly protected by a splash of pain in an 'out of the way' location. It is also right on a cable run for taking the lead between head unit and ATU back to the chart table.

The one niggle at the moment is where to mount the M710 itself. It is a BIG unit measuring over 30cm by 15cm, and really needs to be either mounted standing (as opposed to hanging) because it weighs 8Kg, or flush mounted. I'm not sure that I have enough depth in the instrument panel to flush mount it, and besides... the flush mount kits are quite expensive.... It may well not fit in the gap above the instrument panel... so i'll have to explore options here... probably easiest when I physically have the unit, and can place it to see where it will fit.

So..... 2 more major items crossed off the crusing requirements list!