I spent an hour at the boat trying to mount the wind and depth instruments on the teak panel that I had sanded and varnished over the previous few weeks but one of the 3 wires to the depth instrument broke at the connector. I returned to the boat with Brenda and Stephen late in the afternoon to see the fireworks display over the Fremantle Harbour area and I had a quick stab at crimping on a new connector but managed to hash it up, so I put the work away and enjoyed the evening. And a pleasant evening it was, in the comfort of the cockpit of the boat in the clear summer night, chatting with the people in the next boat, glass of white wine in hand, nibbling on light snacks, with the boat well positioned for a great view of the fireworks.
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| Lowrance and Trimble GPS's Working OK |
But all was not lost with the boat preparation. During the evening we checked out all of Pachuca's navigation lights and found them to all be OK, including the deck light. We also ran the refrigerator to chill the drinks and verified that it is OK.
This morning I returned to the boat and located a set of 20 of those precious hard-to-get tiny connectors for the Raymarine equipment. Peter of Maritime Electronics had replaced all of the 4 connectors on the wind display and I decided to replace all of the 3 connectors on the depth display. That all went well and within an hour I was getting wind and depth data both on the display and on the chart plotter. I then turned on the venerable Trimble and Lowrance GPS's and found them to be working OK. They had been on Pachuca when I purchased her and somehow had survived the 5 year circumnavigation. Before leaving the boat I flushed the marine head and found it to be squeaky but working OK. Flushing the system with a few drop of olive oil in the toilet water stopped the squeaking and gave a smooth action on the pump.
The last repair job that I am aware of is the radar, and I will telephone Maritime Electronics this week to see if the new cable has arrived.
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