Got down to Totnes early to give the mast a clean with boat shampoo and the updated version of Blakes' Mast Care. This Hempel product (Blakes were taken over by Hempel some time ago) is now called Alu Protect and works wonders on 30-year-old masts. The mast was out of the rack and on accessible trestle tables so that Nick the electrician could install the new LED anchor/tricolour light, the VHF and Windex (wind direction instrument), radar and LED white steaming and deck light. The Furuno radar is unique in that it sends its signal direct to iPads and iPhones rather than to a multi-function chartplotter. At the same time, agreed the position of the solar panel arch to take a couple of solar panels and the aerials for the GPS and AIS. Hopefully, this will be finished by the end of the month.



The new radar randome on the mast