Sad to say, we have not been able to spend too much time on the boat during the first quarter. A combination of bad weather, rough water and a busy work schedule did not work in our favor. Being house bound with the business did give me time to return to an old passion […]
Tag Archives | Mainship
Stern Light
After mounting the dingy on the new Sea Wise Davit in the raised position, the dingy hides the stern light which is against the Coast Guard Navigation Rules pertaining to lights. We are having an additional mast mounted white light installed on the transom that will extend above the top of the dingy and provide […]
FLIR Is Working Again
Derek from Alcom reinstalled the FLIR Mariner camera and the system came up immediately on power up. FLIR replaced our faulty unit with an upgraded model. We can see the difference in contrast levels. When the camera output is routed to the flats…
Sea Wise /Caribe Dingy install
After many adjustments the dingy and the davit finally came together.
The Outboard had to be raised to clear the bottom (port side) pontoon.
Now to have the cover modified and wait for the conversion to electric and then we are done.
Sea Wise Davit Update 1
The installation of the Sea Wise Davit is more complex than it seems. Alignment of the attachment brackets on the dingy and associated hardware on the swimstep is very precise.
Flir Problems
The FLIR Night Vision camera system developed a problem. When the system is powered up, the initial screen (system information, etc.) displays for about 10 seconds and then the screen (Raymarine E80) goes blank with just the word Flir in dim grey letters displayed at the top right of the screen. When left on for […]
Dingy Davit Replacement
Looks like I didn’t follow a version of the old adage “measure twice, drill once”. If we had of purchased the right dingy initially, we would not be going through replacing the dingy davit. We are fortunate in that our Mainship broker, Don Ross of Heritage Yachts came to our rescue with the idea of […]
Dingy Replacement
What started out looking like a relatively easy task of replacing our Achilles soft bottom, boat in a bag with a Carib 9.6 C9 with a Honda 9.9HP 4 stroke turned ito somewhat of a mess.
Problem # 1, the Carib is a bit longer and much heavier than the Achilles so the length of line […]
Second Application Of Restructure Marine Polish
The Makai was first polished in November, 2007. Then she spent 4 months basking in the hot Ensenada Mexican sun and has been in Long Beach since April of 2008. Last week, we noticed that the top of the pilot house and some of the foredeck surfaces were starting to lose the glossy shine provided […]
Welcome to Sootsus at Sea! A Great Loop Adventure.
Our Family, Christmas 2010
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Join Bob and Kathy Hunt on our Great Loop Adventure.
We began the trip in earnest in April of 2008 and have now made it through Canada and into Lake Michigan, after traveling around…
