We are almost done with the Raymarine upgrade, at least we managed to complete the hard part, the cables nightmare. The 2 days we estimated for the task took double the time, we even had to call a welder to make a hole in one of the stainless steel tubes to be able to remove the old Radar cable that got stuck inside. And that was just the beginning, we wonder where is wireless technology up to for marine navigation systems. Now we are waiting for Raymarine reps to complete the connections and software upgrades, hoping to have it all working in a couple of days.
In the meantime we had a seacock valve failure and had to be lifted again to install a new one. Once more, we are extremely grateful to the staff in the marina that lifted us at the end for their working day, let us 'hanging' in the travel lift for the night and put us back in the water next morning. The weather gave us a break as well as it was pouring rain all day except when we needed to move the boat, which mainly kept us dry.
Then we discovered that our wind generator blades got damaged in the big hail storm during last Summer, adding to the list of things that needs replacing.
So, slowly progressing with our tasks but at the same time enjoying the Gold Coast. We find this area quite good for boat work, everything you need is available and in general services are good and reasonable priced. Generally.
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| The new radar in place |
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| Installing the new chart plotter |
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| The cables mess behind the nav station, it needs tidying up |
Our friends Kristina and Phil from Songline live here in Brisbane. Songline was sold some time ago and now they have a beautiful home. We met in San Blas, Panama and crossed the Canal for the first time with them in Songline, Zenitude's sister ship. We visited last weekend, it was great to catch up with them.
G.
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