Monthly Archives: May 2010

Autopilot Madness – a bit of a Rant

By B.J. | Published May 23, 2010

So yesterday I FINALLY figured out what exactly Furuno meant in their manuals for installing the PG500R “Rate Compensated Heading Sensor” which ships as part of the Navpilot 511 Autopilot system. I thought it was me, I thought I just wasn’t getting it.  After all how could these new, state-of-the-art Read On..

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Bottom’s Update

By B.J. | Published May 23, 2010

We have two coats of bottom paint, the yard came through today with the Saturday workman. Remaining to do, bottom-wise before launch (with responsibilities): Reinstall prop, spray paint it and install new zincs – ME Remove, glass over and paint old ST80 depth/temp sounder through hull – YARD Install Shaft Read On..

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Progress Report Part 2…the Bottom

By B.J. | Published May 22, 2010

So the bottom was a disaster in slow motion that I simply hadn’t planned or budgeted for.  The original plan was simple:  Slap another coat off Pettit Trinidad Ultima SR on the bottom before launch and splash. And to think I believed I had a problem when Pettit “changed” the Read On..

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Progress Report Part 1…Electronics

By B.J. | Published May 22, 2010

So there is a LOT going on with Evenstar.  The two largest projects are the electronics upgrade and the bottom refinishing.  I’ll address the latter with a later post. And I promise pictures of the new equipment installs as soon as I’ve vacuumed up all the little bits of snipped Read On..

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