When I purchased my E38 last year it came with an old Magellan first generation GPS (now removed), a working Garmin GPSMAP180 old style monochrome GPS/Chartplotter using Micro G Charts, as well as a NEXUS wind/depth/speed and instrument server system. Over the winter period I installed a...
One of my winter projects was to replace the 7 below waterline thru hulls with new seacocks. Four of the original thru hulls were leaking through the old wooden backing blocks that had become water soaked and turned soft. Scary stuff!
I'd original planned to do the work myself and install new...
I managed to get to work on the boat yesterday after contending with freezing weather last weekend and a blizzard earlier this week. I'm on the final stages of the rewiring project. I've replaced all the boats cabin lights with new 12V LED light fittings or LED bulbs. For the reading lights I...
As I mentioned in Part 1 of my blog I replaced all the old circuit breakers with new E-T-A breakers with ratings now correctly matched to the circuits so as to protect both the wiring and to the type of device or load attached to the circuit. As an example I’m using a 5A circuit breaker for the...
I’m coming to learn that boat ownership is a never ending tale of repairs and projects in multiples of three…that is it takes 3 times longer and costs 3 times more than what you budgeted for. Every weekend I strike one item off the to-do-list and then add two more on to the to-do-list and so it...
I used a combination of CLR and elbow grease with scotch bright pads to clean it up. I also cleaned out the tubes using an old wire coat hanger.
Wiped cleaned with alcohol and then spray painted with Rust-Oleum primer/paint. Final product. Just need to let the paint harden and then I can...