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How to swear at several hundred people at the same time

May 1, 2015Matt 2 Comments

I got my Simrad RS35 radio back after RMA’ing it (the NMEA2000 port stopped working – in fairness to simrad, they straight up sent me a brand new unit), which meant I could hook up the PA/Foghorn system which I… Continue reading →

Maintenance foghorn, gudgeon, hunter 36, RS35, VHF

WiFi install

April 27, 2015Matt 5 Comments

This is a continuation of this post hereĀ from way back in February! I ended up not installing the wifi antenna on the mast, because I accidentally bought a 5′ one. Oops. Anyway, I looked into buying a pre-made wifi solution… Continue reading →

Maintenance bullet m2, gudgeon, hunter 36, internet, wifi

Lights, Camera, Action!

April 26, 2015Matt Leave a comment

Except without the camera. Or the action. It’s late Sunday evening and i’m tired and it’s the only title I could think of, ok? Ok. Anyway, all my nav lights are hooked up and actually work, which is a rather… Continue reading →

Maintenance, Mast Wiring Refit gudgeon, hunter 36, LEDs, lights, nav lights

Electrical panel overall and AIS install

April 23, 2015Matt 3 Comments

So FINALLY today I got around to installing the last two breakers on my control panel, and rearranging everything. Now, finally ‘living space stuff’ is all in the center panel and ‘sailing around stuff’ is all in the left one… Continue reading →

Maintenance, Mast Wiring Refit AIS, DC, DC panel, DC wiring, gudgeon, hunter 36

Rebedding chainplates

April 20, 2015Matt Leave a comment

Super boring update today I think, unless you are into sailboat stuff This is a chainplate   Its attached to a big strip of metal that is bolted to a huge whack of structural fiberglass deep in the hull, while… Continue reading →

Maintenance butyl tape, chainplate, gudgeon, hunter 36, leaks, rebedding

Running wires into cabin

April 19, 2015Matt Leave a comment

Last thing to do was run the wires into the cabin from the mast. First I cut a hole in the base of the mast. I couldn’t find anything that would fit (noone makes a damn 1 1/4″ pipe with… Continue reading →

Maintenance gudgeon, hunter 36, mast wiring

If you want a job done properly…

April 18, 2015Matt 3 Comments

So today I finally started trying to work out where the water ingress under power was coming from. And I think I found it. So this is the rudder post in the dark underbelly of the boat   You can… Continue reading →

Maintenance boots, gudgeon, hunter 36, rudder

Waffling

April 16, 2015Matt Leave a comment

So the boat is back in Victoria, the mast is back on the boat, and the forestay/furler is back on the mast. I have the following things I want to do in the next two weeks Put in engine hatch… Continue reading →

Maintenance gudgeon, hunter 36, to do list, waffling

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