I took a look at the navigation lights as part of some regular maintenance. The anchor and steaming lights are working fine. Merva does not have a stern light so the anchor light should be doing double-duty but its not wired for this. I can either change the wiring to have the anchor light do…
Month: December 2017
Carol Cruise
Took Merva into Porpoise Bay to meet other boats for the Carol Cruise. The girls showed up for the cruise (nice!). They ate Subway and played Monopoly during the trip. Unfortunately I left early and missed the other boats. This was because two boats circled Poise Island. I thought that the turn out was poor…
Navigation Electronics: Radar, AIS
Was out on the boat today – mast up and radar on. There is no change in the radar since the software update. The radar is reversed left-to-right. So what I am supposed to see on the Port is on the Starboard and vice-versa. Going north, going south, makes no difference. The unit also remains…
Navigation Electronics: AIS
I have been trying to solve some problems with the navigation electronics. One of them is the AIS from the VHF not showing up on the chart plotter. The chart plotter is a Furuno NavNet vx2 (also known as a GP-1920c… also known as a RDP-149). The V HF is Standard Horizon GX 2150 Matrix…
Systems Check
Valerie and I made our way to the Farm with testing systems (cooking, heating, radar, etc) on my mind. Merva was dressed up for the Carol Cruise next weekend. NOTES: Diesel Heater: Ran diesel heater from about 5pm until about noon the next day. Had it hot enough to boil water etc for dinner but…
Boat House
Replaced one run of corrugated plastic (skylight). Two more to go and one side of the roof (south facing) will be done.
Boat House
No rain today so I got up on the Boat House and started replacing all of the screws (and silicone to patch a few places). It started off bad as one of the two drill drivers I had tied to me – went for a swim. A quick trip into the hardware store and I…
Carol Cruise
Every December some boaters get together to cruise Sechelt Inlet after dark with their boats lit up with Christmas decorations. I have done this in all of the boats I have owned. Turn out is usually 10-15 boats. We usually have 2 from our marina. I have started to get the lights on Merva expecting…
Boat Shed
More work on Boat Shed. Built two movable work benches from surplus dollies I had at home and some wood that came with the Shed. One will be for a miter saw and the other for a job site table saw. This will help with one of the winter projects which is to create a…