Lights, Camera, Action!
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...
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Electrical panel overall and AIS install
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’...
Read MorePutting mast back on and heading home
So after all the driving back and forth from Sooke my cars muffler has gone. It sounds like a souped up honda civic, being cruised down Southend seafront by a hormonal 17 year old who is desperately mackin’ on the...
Read MoreMast work (part 4)
Now, with all the hardware and conduit installed, it was time to run the wires. This was a royal pain in the arse. First I removed all the old wire Then I laid out all the wires, there were 9 of them. Next, I ran the spreader...
Read MoreMast work pa… wait, crap
So I discovered that my compression post was rotten at the top, as mentioned in my last post. I found this out when I removed the teak panelling to check And found this and on the other side, this This is basically the thing...
Read MoreMast work (part 3)
Time to run conduit! I had zero idea how to do this, and panicked about it for a while before buying a ton of 10 foot PVC piping from home depo. How do I move it? In Lola the Corolla of course! If I can fit a boat in here,...
Read MoreMast work (part 2)
Another day, another few hours of fiddling around with aluminium. First was to finish taking all the old hardware off the mast. Next, I decided to install the Davis Windex (a big stick with an arrow basically, that shows you...
Read MoreMast Work (part 1)
There is no cellphone or wireless signal in Sooke, so I am typing this on a BC Ferry on the way back from Vancouver. Having pulled the mast, I then felt slightly overwhelmed for the next couple of days and just procrastinated...
Read MoreMoving to Sooke and pulling the mast
Lot of pictures in this one, sorry! Click any picture for a full size version. After an abortive attempt to move on Sunday, Monday morning I woke up at 5:30am and prepared to leave. The reason being that the high tide was at...
Read MoreTaking down the mast
So after the entire driveshaft fiasco, I am back at Fisherman’s Wharf and still haven’t taken down the mast. To do that I have to go to Sooke (apparently home of the only damn working mast tower in the entire south...
Read MoreRed over Green vs a tricolour, and other lighting things
As part of the coming haulout (also know as the ‘time to stick shit on the mast because I don’t want to climb the mast EVER) I started to look at redoing my lights. Neither the anchor light (on top of the mast) or...
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