No, unfortunately I am not talking about my abs or my pecs. Rather I am talking about the state of affairs on board Evenstar.
The electronics installation has finally commenced; better late than never. Delayed several weeks by (planned) vacations, (unplanned) floods and (unplanned) children’s illnesses I’ve final started in earnest. Although perhaps de-installation is more appropriate for now.
There is a LOT of wiring on this boat. The initial steps of this process are to:
- Trace back what goes where currently so I can
- Figure out how to snake the new wires through the boat then
- Rip all the old stuff out while not destroying it before I
- Finally get to play with the new toys.
Why not just cut it all out and junk it? Well I am hosting a massive yard sale over on Ebay hoping to recoup some of the money we’re sinking in to this project. So I’m trying to take as much out intact as I can. So far so good but it is a bit slower.
So that’s what I am doing. Just figuring out how the wires get from the cockpit to the nav station was an adventure, never mind trying to trace out the nests of Seatalk cabling and other stuff. I’ve developed a fairly strong idea that the prior owner had a tendency to install new things without first removing the old things – I’ve come across more than a couple of “cables to nowhere” buried in the bowels of the boat.
And ‘bowels of the boat’ is where we are at here. Floor panels are up, doors are off, ceiling panels are down, cushions are up and in general it looks like the boat was in the aftermath of one of those “someone was looking for something” scenes you see in police shows. The only thing missing is feathers from the pillows and mattress fluff everywhere.
To add to the mayhem it occurred to me that while the boat is covered still is an excellent time to address several leaky windows. Since one of them tends to leak right on my wife’s forehead when it rains when we are lying in bed this seems a priority. Of course it appears I have to send to Sweden for the right gasket…
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How’s that endoscope workin out?
So far it’s been helpful for poking into a few corners trying to see where all the wires end up.
Hello from Brazil.
Yes, your fourth reader is from Brazil! Who would guess?
I hope it is not too late, but I used this device to track the wires on my boat. It saved a lot of time!
Gardner Bender GET-4110K Wire Tracker:
http://www.amazon.com/Gardner-Bender-GET-4110K-Wire-Tracker/dp/B000BO6Y1O
Bons Ventos!
Roque dos Reis
Thanks Edison – I’ve got one of those around though it seems to warble and flash more than it should. I suspect operator error, but I have a date with it later this week.