Boat bits

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:20:24 -0600

It's still winter in Nova Scotia but its become LATE winter...we get more rain than snow, the ice chunks floating in the Minas Basin and piled on the mud flats at low tide have almost vanished, and the days are notably longer. (Continued...)

A mockery!

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:34:25 -0600

One part of our refit, and the part that is most comfortably done when it's below zero, is the re-development of our instrumentation systems. This is turning out out to be a rather massive re-design of Northern Symphony's electronics as we try to simultaneously address several needs: (1) Our radar needs to be replaced as the old scanner has failed beyond repair, (2) we'd like to fix several of our instruments that developed quirky, intermittent behaviour during the Grand Scheme, (3) there are many things we'd like to have instrumented that were not included in our Grand Scheme system (tank levels, rudder position, engine monitoring, more weather data), (4) we want to move the instruments on the cockpit bulkhead to someplace over the companionway so that they aren't hidden by people sitting in the cockpit, (5) we'd like a comfortable all-weather watch-keeping station, (6) we'd take advantage of the capabilities of new-generation marine electronics and , (7) do all of this while re-using as much of our already-installed and correctly-functioning electronics as possible to minimize waste and cost. (Continued...)

A serious refit

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:15:55 -0600

Okay...I've been a crummy blogger. (Continued...)

The Grander Scheme: s/v Northern Symphony: SailBlogs

Boat bits

A mockery!

A serious refit