Pierless Adventures - March17 - Consolidation Day

As I mentioned before, the boat came with a full load of gear, materials, etc.  We have been consolidating, sorting and tossing.  It is going well so far.

We have a new radar unit to install.  The antenna is being shipped to MX, but we brought the cabling with us on the plane so we could get the hard work done while waiting for the antenna.  The boat had a radar unit, but it was not functional.   We removed it yesterday and pulled out the old cabling today.  Now we have to thread the new cable through the boat, out the stern, and up to where the antenna will be mounted.

Of course, cables are not all the same size...  The new cable won't fit through the hull opening that worked for the old cable.  Looks like we will need to drill another hole in the boat...  Not really a difficult thing,  but I have to buy another part for this process.  We will get the cable pulled as far as we can until the new hole is in place.

We finished the port water tank filler hose today.  Looks really good and should last years.  Once we fill that tank back up, we'll work on the starboard tank.

We  sorted out the electrical  problem with the sub-panel.  Turned out to be a faulty connection.  Now the plotter and AIS are working just fine.  We will run the radar off this panel too.

Off to another cold shower.  Seems the hot water turns off in the afternoon....


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