Month: February 2018

Naming, Nav Station tidy, VHF, fender covers, and finishing the scupper through-hull (busy week!)

Naming, Nav Station tidy, VHF, fender covers, and finishing the scupper through-hull (busy week!)

A couple of jobs completed this week: Boat Name:  Installed the new boat name graphic:   VHF & Nav Station rework:  Tidied up the nav station, which required the purchase of a new B&G VHF Radio.  If we are being totally honest, the previous ICOM radio was fine.  It connected to the Vesper 8000 via NMEA … Continue reading Naming, Nav Station tidy, VHF, fender covers, and finishing the scupper through-hull (busy week!)

Bottom Paint, Through-hulls, Transducers and Topside Paint Job

Bottom Paint, Through-hulls, Transducers and Topside Paint Job

We went in for a bottom job, and to complete the electronics install with a new speed/depth/temp transducer and the forward-looking sonar transducer, but 'scope-creep' is inevitable. Here is a summary of what the almost three weeks out of the water entailed: 1. Old Transducer Removal: Extracted the old Raymarine depth transducer from the bow … Continue reading Bottom Paint, Through-hulls, Transducers and Topside Paint Job