We mounted our Blue Sea Systems white 4316 WeatherDeck®12V DC Waterproof Fuse Panel - 6 Positions (the white is Discontinued) onto the cockpit coming at the stern steps.
Installed WeatherDeck Fuse Panel in the cockpit - 2012
June 2012 - At Marina Cortez Harbor Island, San Diego, CA
Touch up painting
Debbie and I did some touch up painting in the cabinets.
Some were showing sun light through the hull. Some Home Depot paint did the job
just fine.
Trawler John + Herreshoff 12 ½ - 2012
2012 Marina Kona Kai Shelter Island San Diego, CA
OK finally found the Herreshoff 12 ½ that Trawler John sails around our marina and shelterIsland (not to be confused with the Shelter Island YC) that is in NY. We are in San Diego.
Parts bike will travel and dangerously! Ding Ding!
Kona Kai Marina 6\25\2012 San Diego, CA
Now we have a parts bike will travel and dangerously! Ding Ding!
We belled up on the bicycles so people would have some
warning before we run them down.
We have taken the bikes for some rides now and I will try to give
the fellow bicyclist some slack as now I remember how difficult it can be at
some intersections etc. Sure is a lot more fun than driving for a sub sandwich
etc!
The Mermaid 5200 BTU AC\Heat thermostat got installed in the stateroom
We first looked at
the 10/2 wire I nicked cutting the hole but it was not even cut through the
outer shielding so we just put a piece of electrical tape on it and stuffed it
back in.
Then we snaked the thermostat RJ-45 cable to the stateroom
aft hanging locker. That decide if the cable would be long enough and it was.
That saved us a special order of one.
At first we tried staking down the cable but it pushed back at the thermostat and would not allow it to sit flat. We tried different methods but ended up removing the wire ties completely.
Now we spray foamed (Debbie got the spay foam from Home
Depot) in the doard hose so it would not move and mess with the back of the thermostat.
It was time to simply remove the paper from the double sided tape and
placed the thermostat in the hole.
All done!
Our DC LED stateroom lamp came in
Now to install it in
the stateroom and remove the AC lamp.
And no the plastic on the bottom does not light up :).
We just wired up our 30 amp double pole breaker - 2012
May 2012 - Marina Kona Kai San Diego, CA
Old AC breakers and terminal block-bus to the right.
We just wired up our 30 amp double pole breaker.
Headboard cushion cut
In-case you wanted to know what a headboard cushion on a
1978-79 Islander Freeport looks like inside then here it is.
We cut some off the end so the cabinet door would open wide.
Back side.
Front.
Yikes!
Our sail cover (stack type pack) is mostly installed now - 2012
June 2012 - Marina Kona Kai Shelter Island San Diego, CA
There are still a few tweaks to be done but you get the picture..punning 😁
Stateroom Mermaid 5200 AC\Heat FX-1 Digital Comfort Control Thermostat place created - 2012
While the bed headboard cushion is removed for work we are installing the stateroom Mermaid Marine Air 5200 BTU AC\Heat FX-1 Digital Comfort Control Thermostat.
Overhead Light test with the LED strip lights - 2012
Re-test with one LED strip in salon light fixture
The one LED strip
looks to me (in the day light and not on the boat) more like the brightness of
the florescent light coming from the fixture. Lets see how one strip does on
the boat.
Wired correctly this time :)
We tried the test
yesterday but I wired up the light wrong and did not want to waste any time on
it.
Today I fixed the
wiring and tested it out, that’s what these pictures are. Now we will test it
on the boat and we know it works before hand J
Using one LED strip would of course save us $$!
Still they need to be the right brightness.
We could even have a couple lights with one LED strip and a couple with two LED strips :).
Air Breeze noise test again :)
This is a little noise test of the Air Breeze. It seems to
me so far the noise of the blades is not much of an issue. The vibration adds
to the overall noise and it is dampened with the rubber mounts that came with the
mounting kit. These we may have tightened too much. You can only hear the
blades a bit in this video.
When the blades are stopped it is spinning fast.
Picked up the DSC antenna cable ends for the ICOM 802 SSB - 2019
We went to the Ham Radio Outlet store and picked up a:2 -PL-259ST-HRO - UHF silver Teflon PL-259 and a 2 –UG-176S - UG-176 Reducer
New cockpit scupper
Debbie picked up a new scupper at Marine Exchange. Although
you cannot see it with the teak cockpit grate in why not replace it if it is
already out. The old one was beat up.
Dingy floor is now fixed
The dingy floor is now fixed and holding air. It was just
the cap. We picked one up at the Dingy Doctor and it fixed the problem. Not so lucky on the tube.
Now to fix the one tube that leaks. It is a where are going
to take the time from thing.
Now why could this not do double duty as a paddle board?
Be slow maybe but it might work :).
Moving Metz DSC antenna
We removed the Metz DSC antenna and will be placing it on the side of the bimini.
Now to find a mount to replace this one.
From Metz.
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