After the recent autopilot replacement, there was a hole in the dashboard left by the removal of an obsolete panel. To fill that hole I installed a multiple port USB charging station. Above is the new charging station that replaced the obsolete and dead Autohelm ST7000 unit shown below. Now we don’ have to remember
The heater in the pilothouse has been really rusty and has never worked since we purchased the boat. Today I was able to replace the heater. Also, as of today, I think with all the time I have spent on the boat working on it during the winter, I believe that I have spent more
While our mechanic has the engines torn apart replacing all the things that have been neglected by the previous owners, we have our own list of to do items. New fuel filters: Port engine fuel filter Starboard engine fuel filter Generator fuel filter (Done) Diesel furnace fuel filter Replacing more lights. The difference between the
For months, docking has been challenging. We don’t like to leave the pilothouse doors open when we are underway due to having dogs onboard, but we need to be able to get the port side pilothouse door open when docking in order to be able to see the dock. The port side pilothouse door has
Even though many of the original incandescent lights had been converted to LED lighting, they had not been done very well, and they still all had a very yellow tint to them. In the photo below, you can see the two new sliver ringed LED lights replacing the original plastic light fixtures in the kitchen.
Once we get this all cleaned up and finished, that wraps up our initial Simrad upgrade. Which included the new NMEA2000 connected VHF radio, NSS16 display at the pilothouse helm, the autopilot and rudder feedback sensor, and the new transducer, and new radar. The hardest part of replacing the radar was running the wires and
The Off Leash 2020 crew shirts arrived today. The shirt company that I picked this year did a much better job than the company for last years shirts. Here is the front side, followed with the boat picture on the back side. We are ready for the boating season now. Thanks to CustomInk.com for some
Since winter in the Pacific Northwest is not the optimal boating time, with wind gusts yesterday to 59mph, it is a better time to be doing boat maintenance and upgrades rather than trying to go out. This weekend we finished the install of the Simrad NAC-3 autopilot core pack, replacing the original dead SeaTalk autopilot.
Many aspects of 2020 were very unprecedented, and there were some big challenges for the world, and for us personally as well, but overall it was a pretty good year for boating. Here is how the year shaped up for us. January 2020 In January we were full on busy shopping for our yacht. We
An important part of boating is having the appropriate boat music. Being the off season, I figured it was time to build a new playlist for boat music. Last season we used Pandora, but there were a few locations where the network was a bit spotty and Pandora didn’t do the best job. With the
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